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Stomiidae
viper fish
Chauliodus macouni
Daily vertical migration between depths
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Elongated
- Medium
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumThe Pacific viperfish (Chauliodus macouni), is a predatory deep-sea fish found in the North Pacific. It is reported as being either mesopelagic or bathypelagic, with diel vertical migration to shallower waters. The Pacific viperfish is one of the nine different species that belong to the genus Chauliodus, the viperfish.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Chauliodus
- Maximum length
- 29.3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea to Japan. Eastern Pacific: Gulf of Alaska to central Baja California (Ref. 35898 ) and the Gulf of California.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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