Chauliodus macouni

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• Description
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Overview

Family : Barbeled dragonfishes; Migrate upward at night[1]. Feed on small planktonic crustaceans, arrow worms and fish[1]. Has photophores on belly arranged in a row [2]. Oviparous , with planktonic eggs and larvae[3]. Also caught with bottom trawls.

Common Names

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Description

Family Stomiidae

Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. No true gill rakers in adults ; one infraorbital bone; one or no supramaxillaries; mesopterygoid reduced in size or absent; photophores without ducts or lumen ; mental barbel in most, associated with hyoid apparatus; pectoral fin rays absent in Tactostoma, Idiacanthus, and Photostomias; most are darkish in color.The family Stomiidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Stomiiformes. It contains 27 genera and 228 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is anguilliform . Etymology of this family name : Greek, stoma = mouth

Habitat

May be found at depths of 250 to 4390 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,000 meters (0 to -19,685 feet).[4]

Biome: Saltwater . Bathypelagic.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Chauliodus

There are approximately 26 species in this genus:

C. danae · C. barbatus · C. canicinctella · C. danae (Dana Viperfish) · C. dannevigi · C. dentatus · C. emmelas · C. fieldii · C. macouni (Pacific Viperfish) · C. minimus · C. pammelas · C. richardsoni · C. schmidti · C. schneideri · C. setinosus · C. setinotus · C. schmidti (Manylight Viperfish) · C. sloanei dannevigi · C. sloanei schmidti · C. sloanei secundus · C. sloanei sloanei (Manylight Viperfish) · C. sloani (Manylight Viperfish) · C. sloanii · C. soalni · C. solani · C. vasnetzovi

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Further Reading

• Allen, M.J. and G.B. Smith (1988). Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and northeastern Pacific. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 66, 151 p.
• Annual report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the fiscal year ended Washington: G.P.O., 1914- ENG url p. 71.
• Armstrong, R.H. (1996). Alaska's fish. A guide to selected species. Alaska Northwest Books. 94 p.
• Biology of the seas of the U.S.S.R. Translated by S. Botcharskaya. New York, Interscience Publishers[1963] ENG url p. 909.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 585.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 253, p. 254, p. 261, p. 264, p. 269, p. 273, p. 275, p. 276, p. 283, p. 289, p. 291.
• Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off. ENG url p. 35, p. 396.
• Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983). A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Fedorov, V.V., I.A. Chereshnev, M.V. Nazarkin, A.V. Shestakov and V.V. Volobuev (2003). Catalog of marine and freswater fishes of the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk. Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 2003. 204 p.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: ENG url p. 133, p. 313, p. 324, p. 706, p. 755, p. 756, p. 761.
• Fishery bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. ENG url p. 649, p. 652, p. 688.
• Fitch, J.E. and R.J. Lavenberg (1968). Deep-water teleostean fishes of California. California Natural History Guides: 25. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California. 115 p.
• Hart, J.L. (1973). Pacific fishes of Canada. Fish. Res. Board Can. Bull. 180:1-740.
• Ichthyoplankton and station data for California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations survey cruises in [La Jolla, Calif.?]: National Marine Fisheries Service, 1987- ENG url p. 100, p. 109, p. 153, p. 163, p. 166, p. 175, p. 182, p. 183, p. 185, p. 192, p. 204, p. 204, p. 205, p. 212, p. 214, p. 216, p. 218, p. 221, p. 225, p. 244, p. 249, p. 26, p. 261, p. 269, p. 28, p. 283, p. 29, p. 31, p. 46, p. 47, p. 48, p. 48, p. 49, p. 50, p. 51, p. 51, p. 52, p. 53, p. 54, p. 54, p. 56, p. 57, p. 58, p. 58, p. 60, p. 62, p. 63, p. 64, p. 65, p. 66, p. 66, p. 67, p. 67, p. 67, p. 68, p. 69, p. 69, p. 70, p. 70, p. 70, p. 70, p. 73, p. 73, p. 74, p. 74, p. 75, p. 77, p. 78, p. 78, p. 78, p. 82, p. 82, p. 83, p. 88.
• Keys to the fishes of Washington, Oregon and closely adjoining regions, by Leonard P. Schultz. Seattle, Wash., University of Washington Press, 1936. ENG url p. 142, p. 222.
• Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino (1984). The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1 (text). Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text), 370 pls.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, ENG url p. 8.
• Ontogeny and systematics of fishes: based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom / sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commer [New York?]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, c1984. ENG url p. 170, p. 30.
• Prosser, C.L., L.M. Barr, R.D. Pinc and C.Y. Lauer (1957). Acclimation of goldfish to low concentrations of oxygen. Physiol. Zool. 30:137-141.
• Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington, The Commission; U.S. Govt. Print. Off. ENG url p. 25, p. 29, p. 303, p. 342, p. 402, p. 465, p. 478.
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
• Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 2006.
• FishBase
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 24, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Williams, Jeffrey T. (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• Alaska Ocean Observing System: Arctic Ocean Diversity
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Burke Museum: University of Washington Fish Collection
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: North Pacific Groundfish Observer (North Pacific Research Board)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2489807
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29800
• Fishbase Species ID: 2714
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13297138
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 162279
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFC7B01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106633

Footnotes

1. Armstrong, R.H. (1996). Alaska's fish. A guide to selected species. Alaska Northwest Books. 94 p. [back]
2. Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983). A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p. [back]
3. Moser, H.G. (1996). Chauliodontidae: viperfishes. p. 297-299. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505p. [back]
4. Mean = -2,296.250 meters (-7,533.629 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,312.940 based on 656 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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