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Pacific Viperfish

Chauliodus macouni

Classification

Family
Stomiidae

The Pacific viperfish (Chauliodus macouni), is a predatory deep-sea fish found in the North Pacific. It is reported as being either mesopelagic or bathypelagic, with diel vertical migration to shallower waters. The Pacific viperfish is one of the nine different species that belong to the genus Chauliodus, the viperfish.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 237Canada · 96