Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Chauliodus sloani

Sloane's viperfish

WoRMS 127338ITIS 162281GBIF 5203203key worms:127338

2026-08-05: itis_id 162281 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · César Camilo Julián Caballero · CC BY 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Chauliodus danae

Sloane's viperfish35 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Chauliodus sloani — Photo · Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The Sloane's viperfish, is a predatory mesopelagic dragonfish found in waters across the world. The species was first described by German scientists Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in their 1801 book Systema ichthyologiae: iconibus CX illustratum, volume 1.W CalCOFI holds 10 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2003 and 2006, as larva.R

10
observations: 10
records: 10
sampling events: 2003–2006
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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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.

Ichthyoplankton 10 obs · 10 events · 2003–2006 · larva
name used: Chauliodus sloani · code 157

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:127338%22

Chauliodus sloani

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.