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Summary for Chauliodus sloani Larvae
Sloane's viperfish

Chauliodus  sloani  Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Family:	Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes)
Order:	Stomiiformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Sloane's viperfish
Distribution:	Warm and temperate parts of all oceans but with several distributional gaps in the southern central Atlantic, northern Indian Ocean, eastern Pacific north of the equator, etc. Also found in the western Mediterranean (Ref. 4759). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).
Adult biology:	Inhabits deep oceanic waters to more than 1,000 m depth; may migrate to near-surface waters at night (Ref. 4759). Up to depth of 1800 m (Ref. 47377). Depth range 473-1192 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Meso- and bathypelagic from near the surface to 2800 m (Ref. 58302). Oviparous (Ref. 5951). Feeds on midwater fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 4759); mainly on myctophids (Ref. 5951). Lipid content is 2.4 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 7.2 % in total lipids (Ref. 9193). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Diagnosis:	At 14.0 mm caudal fin fold in form of spatula, pectorals very small, eye slightly elliptical. See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	deep-water; 70°N - 56°S
Main Ref:	Bertolini, F., U. D'Ancona, E. Padoa Montalenti, S. Ranzi, L. Sanzo, A. Sparta, E. Tortonese and M. Vialli. 1956. (Ref. 65)
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	Checked: Giovanardi, Otello	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Papasissi, Christine

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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