Image: Sloane's Viperfish, Chauliodus sloani
A Sloane's Viperfish from the Australian Museum Fish Collection (AMS I.19738-041).
- Photographer:
- Carl Bento
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Order:
- Stomiiformes
Additional information
The sides of the body are covered with hexagonal pigmented areas, each with one or more small photophores (light-producing organs). The photophores are visible in the image as white spots above and below the pectoral fin. Another circular photophore is visible under the eye.
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Tags Ichthyology, Fishes, Sloane's Viperfish, Chauliodus sloani, Stomiidae,