Are viperfish omnivores?

1. What does the viperfish eat?
2. What type of consumer is a gulper eel?
3. Are viperfish blind?
4. Are viperfish predators?
5. What is the habitat of a viperfish?
6. Is the Gulper Eel a carnivore?
7. Is the Gulper Eel a vertebrate?
8. What do viperfish look like?
9. When was the Pacific viperfish discovered?
10. What lives in the midnight zone?

What does the viperfish eat?

Pacific viperfish will mostly eat crustaceans and small fish. They typically reach lengths of up to 1 foot and are considered an example of deep-sea gigantism.

What type of consumer is a gulper eel?

Some of these organisms are: the gulper eel, rattail fish, saber-tooth fish, sea pig, giant tube worm, giant squid, and thermophillic bacteria. Chauliodus sloani is believed to be a secondary and tertiary consumer in its niche, which means it is a carnivore.

Are viperfish blind?

Just as humans, viperfish appear to be using two types of photoreceptor cells called rods and cones to see. Both cones and rods contain light-sensitive proteins called opsins. Most vertebrates, however, only have one opsin protein which means they become color-blind in dim light such as the deep ocean.

Are viperfish predators?

How viperfish survive. Viperfish are one of the fiercest predators living in the deep ocean. They live in the deep ocean where it is so dark they are invisible to other fish when they are still in the water. Viperfish use photophores along their sides to help conceal their body from fish swimming beneath it.

What is the habitat of a viperfish?

They are found in tropical regions of the major oceans. The viperfishes are deep-sea dwellers and have luminescent organs along the sides; the lights sometimes function in the attraction of other fishes on which they feed.

Is the Gulper Eel a carnivore?

The gulper eel is a carnivore because it feeds on other animals. It eats a lot of shrimp, squid, and fish. Gulper eels can swim with their large mouths wide open, which allows them to catch a lot of food at once. While eating, these eels may also take in a lot of water.

Is the Gulper Eel a vertebrate?

Class: Osteichthyes The Gulper eel is a vertebrate and bony fish. This class has cranial bones, rooted teeth and medial insertion of mandibular muscle in the lower jaw. They also have a swim bladder or lung.

What do viperfish look like?

Description: The viperfish is one of the most unusual-looking fish in the deep sea. It has a black, elongated body, a large mouth and very long, transparent fangs.. The sharp, fang-like teeth, do not fit inside its mouth, but curve back very close to the eyes.

When was the Pacific viperfish discovered?

The species was first described by German scientists Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider in their 1801 book Systema ichthyologiae: iconibus CX illustratum, volume 1.

What lives in the midnight zone?

The midnight zone is home to many different animals including the: Anglerfish, Octopuses, Vampire Squids, Eels, and Jellyfish. It is the third layer down from the top of the ocean. It is mostly dark and very cold in the midnight zone, just like the Abyssal zone we learned about yesterday.