WoRMS taxon details
Caulophryne polynema Regan, 1930
126535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126535)
accepted
Species
Caulophryne jordani polynema Regan, 1930 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Regan, C. T. (1930). A ceratioid fish (Caulophryne polynema, sp. n.), female with male, from off Madeira. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> v. 37 (no. 251): 191-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb02064.x [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Caulophryne polynema Regan, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126535 on 2026-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Regan, C. T. (1930). A ceratioid fish (Caulophryne polynema, sp. n.), female with male, from off Madeira. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> v. 37 (no. 251): 191-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb02064.x [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caulophryne jordani polynema Regan, 1930)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caulophryne polynema)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caulophryne jordani polynema Regan, 1930)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Caulophryne polynema Regan, 1930; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2509232)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caulophryne jordani polynema Regan, 1930)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caulophryne polynema)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Caulophryne jordani polynema Regan, 1930)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Caulophryne polynema Regan, 1930; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2509232)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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