Chauliodus
Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
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 2,924 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1951 and 2023, as larva and egg, across 3 taxa under it.R
- 2,924
- observations
- 2,924
- records
- 36
- sampling events
- 1951–2023
- years
- 2
- datasets
- 2
- species under it
- larva · egg
- life stages
Observed ini
One row per dataset, 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, 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
154
Under it · 2 taxa
- sp Chauliodus macouni Pacific viperfish2,878
- sp Chauliodus sloani Sloane's viperfish10
Ways ini
Read from taxa.json of release
v2026.09.11, written at release
by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is
/species/.
Explorerdb-queryi
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
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()