Chauliodus
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162278 via WoRMS external link
A viperfish is any species of the genus Chauliodus, marine fish inhabiting the twilight or mesopelagic zone. Viperfish are at most around 30 cm (12 in), and are characterized by silvery scales, long needle-like teeth and photophores along the ventral side of their body.W CalCOFI holds 2,936 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva and egg, across 3 taxa under it.R
- 2,936
- observations
- 2,936
- records
- 36
- sampling events
- 1951–2023
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 2
- species under it
- larva · egg
- life stages
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Chauliodus · code
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Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:126205")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:126205'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 2 taxa · Chauliodus macouni most observed
- sp Chauliodus macouni Pacific viperfish2,890
- sp Chauliodus sloani Sloane's viperfish10
Life stages larva · egg
- Ichthyoplankton larva · egg
The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.
Lineage 12 ranks · Biota to Chauliodontinae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Alex Slavenko · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Vipera latastei · source
- Photo · JesseClaggett · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Viperfish” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1373089132
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.19
Cite the release, v2026.10.19; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗