- 30 cm (12 in).
Viperfishes undergo diel
vertical migration and are
found all
around the
world in
tropical and
temperate oceans.
Viperfishes are
capable of...
-
mouths are a
common feature among the
miniature beasts of the deep (cf.
viperfishes, daggertooths, bristlemouths, barracudinas, anglerfishes),
thought to...
- (Gonostomatidae and Phosichthyidae), loosejaws,
marine hatchetfishes and
viperfishes. The
order contains 4
families (5
according to some authors) with more...
- C.
sloani is part of the
genus Chauliodus,
which includes all
viperfishes.
Viperfishes are deep-sea
fishes with photop****s (light-producing organs),...
-
strong bite. It
feeds mainly on bony
fishes (including
deepwater smelts,
viperfishes,
scaly dragonfishes, barracudinas, greeneyes, lanternfishes, bristlemouths...
