Pacific viperfish
📖 Overview
Migrate upward at night . Adults feed on small planktonic crustaceans, arrow worms and fish . Photophores occur on belly arranged in a row . Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae . Also caught with bottom trawls.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9 - 14; Vertebrae: 56 - 62. First dorsal fin ray much produced in a long filament terminating in a minute flap; adipose fin large, placed well back over posterior part of anal, higher posteriorly; pelvic fins long and narrow . No true gill rakers . Dark brown to black in color . Branchiostegal rays: 16-21 .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Pacific viperfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous ; depth range 25 - 4390 m . Deep-water; 66°N - 23°N, 127°E - 106°W Northwest Pacific: Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea to Japan.
🌿 Ecology
small planktonic crustaceans, arrow worms and fish (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Fanged viperfish · Pacific viperfish · viper fish |
| 🌍CES | zubatka obecná |
| 🇩🇪German | Pazifischer Viperfisch |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Idänsapelihammaskala |
| 🇫🇷French | chauliode féroce |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Higashi-hôrai-eso · Higashihoraieso · ヒガシホウライエソ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-víbora-do-Pacífico |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Тихоокеанский хаулиод · гадюка тихоокеанская морская |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | víbora del Pacífico |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 巨口魚 · 馬康氏蝰魚 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chauliodus emmelas | Jordan & Starks | 1904 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 28 records indexed .
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