Sloan's fangfish

Chauliodus sloani

Thirty Five Centimeters Stomiid Fish from the Indian Ocean

Temperate
Near the Equator
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Elongated
Medium

The Sloane's viperfish (Chauliodus sloani), is a predatory mesopelagic dragonfish found in waters across the world. The species was first described by German scientists Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in their 1801 book Systema ichthyologiae: iconibus CX illustratum, volume 1. Female C. sloani reach maturity between 133 and 191 mm, while males likely reach maturity at slightly smaller body lengths.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Dragonfishes and Allies
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Chauliodus
Maximum length: 35 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Warm and temperate parts of all oceans but with several distributional gaps in the southern central Atlantic, northern Indian Ocean, eastern Pacific north of the equator, etc. Also found in the western Mediterranean (Ref. 4759 ). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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