Viperfish
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 Dana viperfish, Chauliodus danae
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Viperfishes are deepwater fishes of the genus Chauliodus. They grow to lengths of 30 to 60 centimetres.
The name viperfish is also sometimes applied to the lesser weever.
[edit] Species
There are nine species:
- Chauliodus barbatus (Lowe, 1843).
- Dana viperfish, Chauliodus danae Regan & Trewavas, 1929.
- Chauliodus dentatus Garman, 1899.
- Pacific viperfish, Chauliodus macouni Bean, 1890.
- Chauliodus minimus Parin & Novikova, 1974.
- Chauliodus pammelas Alcock, 1892.
- Chauliodus schmidti (Regan & Trewavas, 1929).
- Sloane's viperfish, Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801.
Sloane's viperfish, Chauliodus sloani
- Chauliodus vasnetzovi Novikova, 1972.
[edit] Trivia
- Roger C. Dunham described a fictional submarine named "USS Viperfish (SSN-655)" in his book Spy Sub. The book actually describes the actions of USS Halibut (SSGN-587).
- A dried, shriveled viperfish is seen on the cover of Mr. Bungle's 1995 album Disco Volante.
[edit] References
- "Chauliodus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006. cool
