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IllustrationViperfish (no English common name)
Chauliodus pammelas
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Viperfish (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Chauliodus pammelas
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Family
- Stomiidae (dragonfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep open water, recorded from 400 to 2500 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A slender deep-sea viperfish with long fang-like teeth that project outside the closed mouth, reaching about 20 cm. It lives in the deep open ocean, roughly 400 to 2,500 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chauliodus-pammelas.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.