The viperfish is a deep-sea fish that has an extended, slender physique, with giant, fang-like enamel and a hinged decrease jaw. It has a bioluminescent organ on the top of an extended filament on its head, which it makes use of to lure prey at the hours of darkness. It additionally has photophores alongside its sides and stomach, which can assist it to camouflage or talk. It feeds on shrimps, small fish, and different deep-sea organisms. It will probably swim backwards, sideways, or forwards, by contracting its nectophores. It’s discovered within the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, at depths of 200 to 1,000 meters.
