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Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30 - 45; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 18; Vertebrae: 47 - 52. Mouth large with two erect fangs on palatines. Dorsal fin very high, about three rays beginning with third or fourth much exerted; adipose moderate in size, over posterior part of anal insertion (Ref. 6885). Generally pale, iridescent, darker dorsally; lateral adipose keel dark; all fins dark brown or black; peritoneum black (Ref. 6885). Branchiostegal rays: 7-8 (Ref. 36025).

Common Names

  • Langneus-lansetvis , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Langsnudet skalpelfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Day sarpon , English , St Helena
  • Handsaw fish , English , Cuba
  • Handsaw-fish , English , Canada
  • Lancet fish , English , Australia
  • Lancetfish , English , Azores Is.
  • Lancetfish , English , UK
  • Long snouted lancetfish , English , UK
  • Longnose Lancetfish , English , Cuba
  • Longnose lancetfish , English , Australia
  • Longnose lancetfish , English , UK
  • Longnose lancetfish , English , Canada
  • Longnose lancetfish , English , Azores Is.
  • Longnose lancetfish , English , USA
  • Longsnout lancetfish , English , South Africa
  • Longsnouted lancetfish , English , New Zealand
  • Longsnouted lancetfish , English , French Polynesia
  • Pacific lancetfish , English , Canada
  • Pacific lancetfish , English , Alaska
  • Wolffish , English , UK
  • Saaghammaskala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Cavalo féroce , French , Canada
  • Cavalo féroce , French , France
  • Cavalo ocelle , French , France
  • Lancier longnez , French , Global
  • Lanzenfisch , German , Germany
  • Alepisavros , Greek , Greece
  • Αλεπίσαυρος , Greek , Greece
  • Stóri földungur , Icelandic , Iceland
  • Sauro feroce , Italian , Italy
  • Mizu-uo , Japanese , Japan
  • 北方帆蜥魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 北方帆蜥鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 太平洋帆蜥魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 太平洋帆蜥鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 帆蜥魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 帆蜥鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 狗母 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 狗母 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 長吻帆蜥魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 长吻帆蜥鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Zaglon , Polish , Poland
  • Lírio-ferro , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Lírio-ferro , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Peixe-água , Portuguese , Madeira Is.
  • Peixe-água , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Peixe-cavalo , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Peixe-cavalo , Portuguese , Madeira Is.
  • Somon-lup , Rumanian , Romania
  • алепизавр лютый , Russian , Russia
  • Dolgonosa suličarka , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Conejo , Spanish , Cuba
  • Conejo , Spanish , Spain
  • Conejo de lo alto , Spanish , Cuba
  • Lanzon , Spanish , Nicaragua
  • Lanzón nariz larga , Spanish , Spain
  • Lanzón picudo , Spanish , Spain
  • Lanzón picudo , Spanish , Mexico
  • Lanzón picudo , Spanish , Mexico
  • Lanzón picudo , Spanish , Spain
  • Ödlevargfisk , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Aulopiformes

    Family: Alepisauridae

    Genus: Alepisaurus

    Species: Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833

    Climate Zone

  • oceanodromous

    • Location

  • Circumglobal: Western Pacific (Ref. 6885, 7300); Eastern Pacific: from the Aleutian Islands to Chile, also (Ref. 2850); Western Atlantic: Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, also (Ref. 7251); Eastern Atlantic (Ref. 4059). Indian Ocean (Ref. 57630). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref. 74511).

    • Biology

    Mainly inhabit tropical and subtropical waters; however, during the feeding period adults may migrate to the subarctic reaching as far north as Greenland, Iceland and the Bering Sea (Ref. 51887). Epipelagic- and mesopelagic, from near the surface to below 1,000 m, sometimes approaching inshore waters (Ref. 6011). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Mainly nocturnal. Feeds on fishes, cephalopods, tunicates, and crustaceans (Ref. 6011). Preyed upon by opah, sharks, albacore, yellowfin tuna, and fur seals (Ref. 6885). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36025). Are synchronous hermaphrodites (Ref. 84733). Occasionally consumed but of little importance due to its soft flesh (Ref. 5217). The maximum weight given is for a 167 cm FL specimen (Ref. 42154).

    Habitat

    bathypelagic