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Sloane's viperfish
Chauliodus sloani
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Sloane's viperfish
- Scientific
- Chauliodus sloani
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Deep-water fish
- Family
- Stomiidae (dragonfishes)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 35 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Deep open water, recorded from 200 to 4700 m (usually 494 to 1000 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2013
Description
A slender, iridescent-silver deep-sea predator with huge fang-like teeth that do not fit inside its mouth, a long first dorsal ray used as a lure, and rows of light organs; it reaches about 35 cm. It lives mostly at 500 to 1,000 m and may rise toward the surface at night to feed on lanternfish.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chauliodus-sloani.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Messina_Straits_Chauliodus_sloani.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.