Pacific viperfish • MBARI

Meet the Pacific viperfish 🐟 Sleek, silvery, and adorned with modest bioluminescence along their bellies, Pacific viperfish (Chauliodus macouni) make fearsome predators for small fish and shrimp. They are among the countless marine animals that migrate each night from the ocean’s depths towards shallower surface waters to dine. The Pacific viperfish’s needle-like teeth are the key to their hunting strategy. The two front fangs, which jut up from the fish’s bottom jaw past its own eyes, are espe

Pacific Viperfish Facts: Profile, Range, Diet, Adaptations, Size - SeaFish

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