Other Free Encyclopedias :: Animal Life Resource :: Fishes and Other Cold-Blooded Vertebrates

Dragonfishes and Relatives: Stomiiformes - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Dragonfishes, Their Relatives, And People, Viperfish (chauliodus Sloani): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, CONSERVATION STATUS

VIPERFISH (Chauliodus sloani): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
RAT-TRAP FISH (Malacosteus niger): SPECIES ACCOUNTS

GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

Dragonfishes and their relatives live all over the world except the Arctic Ocean.

HABITAT

Dragonfishes and their relatives live in the open ocean at 660 to 3,300 feet (200 to 1,000 meters), but some live below 3,300 feet (1,000 meters).

DIET

For their size, dragonfishes and their relatives are fierce predators (PREH-duh-terz) that hunt and kill for food. They feed on other fishes, shrimps, and squid, or they feed on plankton, or microscopic plants and animals.

CONSERVATION STATUS

Dragonfishes and their relatives are not threatened or endangered.

Dragonfishes and Relatives: Stomiiformes - Physical Characteristics

Dragonfishes and Relatives: Stomiiformes - Behavior And Reproduction

Dragonfishes and Relatives: Stomiiformes - Dragonfishes, Their Relatives, And People

Dragonfishes and Relatives: Stomiiformes - Viperfish (chauliodus Sloani): Species Accounts

Dragonfishes and Relatives: Stomiiformes - Rat-trap Fish (malacosteus Niger): Species Accounts

Lizardfishes and Relatives: Aulopiformes - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Longnose Lancetfish (alepisaurus Ferox): Species Accounts, Tripodfish (bathypterois Quadrifilis): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, THEIR REL [next] [back] Salmons: Salmoniformes - Behavior And Reproduction, Conservation Status, Chinook Salmon (oncorhynchus Tshawytscha): Species Accounts, Atlantic Salmon (salmo Salar): Species Accounts - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, SALMONS AND

User Comments Add a comment…