Chauliodus sloani

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Saltwater . Bathypelagic.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -7,475 meters (0 to -24,524 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Diet

Feeds on midwater fishes and crustaceans[2].

Migration

Inhabits deep oceanic waters to more than 1,000 m depth; may migrate to near-surface waters at night[2].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Chauliodus atlantis Barbour • Chauliodus dannevigi Mcculloch • Chauliodus schneideri Risso • Chauliodus setinosus Schneider • Chauliodus sloanei (Non Schneider • Chauliodus sloanei Bloch & Schneider • Chauliodus sloanei dannevigi (Mcculloch • Chauliodus sloanei secundus Ege • Chauliodus sloanei sloanei Bloch & Schneider • Chauliodus sloanii Bloch & Schneider • Chauliodus slouni Bloch & Schneider • Esox stomias Shaw • Stomias schneideri (Risso

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Bloch, M .E. and J.G. Schneider M.E. Blochii, systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini, Sumtibus Austoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum: Berlin. 584 p., 1801.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 01-Dec-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Chauliodus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. danae (Dana Viperfish) · C. macouni (Pacific Viperfish) · C. richardsoni (Richardson's Snaggletooth) · C. schmidti (Manylight Viperfish) · C. sloanei sloanei (Manylight Viperfish) · C. sloani (Manylight Viperfish) · C. sloanii (Manylight Viperfish)

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Further Reading

• ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 203, p. 32, p. 59.
• A bibliography of fishes, New York, American Museum of Natural History, 1916-1923. url , , .
• A bibliography of fishes, by Bashford Dean. .. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1916-1923. url p. 205, p. 205, p. 38, p. 38, p. 386, p. 386.
• A checklist of Canadian Atlantic fishes with keys for identification / Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 1965 url p. 8, p. 95.
• A history of luminescence from the earliest times until 1900. Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1957. url p. 637.
• A revision of the alepisauroid family Scopelarchidae Pisces, Myctophiformes / Robert Karl Johnson. 66 1974 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1974. url p. 225, p. 229.
• Biological sound scattering studies. Washington, 1970- url p. 1.
• Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1918- url p. 98.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url , , p. 219, p. 364, p. 62.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 545.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 134 1965 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 143, p. 244, article start, page 249, fig. 1, page 250, p. 253, p. 254, p. 255, figs. 3-4, page 257, fig. 7, page 261, p. 265, p. 267, p. 275, p. 281, p. 283, p. 285, p. 286, p. 288, p. 289, p. 290, p. 291, p. 56, p. 57, p. 58, p. 59, p. 60, p. 64.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 586.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 392.
• Commercial fisheries review. [Washington]: National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] url p. 6.
• Comparative functional anatomy of the Nandidae (Pisces: Teleostei) [by] Karel F. Liem. 56 1970 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1970. url p. 160.
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 190.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , p. 1068, p. 1073, p. 154, p. 284, p. 290, p. 292, p. 294, p. 297, p. 300, p. 301, p. 342, p. 343, p. 348, p. 350, p. 625, p. 626.
• Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url , p. 145, p. 555, p. 571.
• Fishes collected by midwater trawls during two cruises of the David Starr Jordan in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, April-June and September-October, 1972 / John L. Butler. .. [et al.]. La Jolla, CA: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, [1997] url p. 58, p. 70.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 18, 2007:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, REVIZEE South Score / Pelagic and Demersal Fish Database
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3863187
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29801
• Fishbase Species ID: 1786
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13740291
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 162281
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFC7B01020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106637

Footnotes

1. Mean = -1,997.790 meters (-6,554.429 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,678.650 based on 4,782 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Gibbs, R.H., Jr. (1984). Chauliodontidae. p. 336-337. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. [back]

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