Deepsea Tripod Fishes
Ipnopidae
The Ipnopidae (deepsea tripod fishes) are a family of fishes in the order Aulopiformes. They are small, slender fishes, with maximum length ranging from about 10 to 40 cm (3.9 to 15.7 in). They are found in temperate and tropical deep waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 33 known species
Bathypterois
genusBathypterois
Ipnops
genusIpnops
Bathysauropsis
genusBathysauropsis
Bathytyphlops
genusBathytyphlops
Bathymicrops
genusBathymicrops
Discoverichthys
genusDiscoverichthys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85841.