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A lancetfish in the midwater facing upwards towards the surface. Lancetfish possess a long and very high dorsal fin, soft-rayed from end to end, with an adipose fin behind it. The dorsal fin has 41 to 44 rays and occupies the greater length of the back. This fin is rounded in outline, about twice as high as the fish is deep, and can be ...
Alepisaurus ferox, also known as the long snouted lancetfish, longnose lancetfish, or cannibal fish, is a species of lancetfish found in the ocean depths down to 1,830 m (6,000 ft). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This species grows to 215 cm (85 in) in total length and a weight of 9 kg (20 lb).
Here's something that's sure to ruin a romantic walk on the beach. A scary looking fish washed ashore in North Carolina last week, and it was still alive.
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Although the closest living relatives of Cimolichthys are lancetfish and lizardfish, the living animals would have resembled very large pikes. They could grow up to 1.5 to 2.0 metres (4.9 to 6.6 ft) meters long. Their bodies were covered by large, heavy scutes. Typical of this species are narrow lower jaws with several series of teeth.
BSc meteorologist Janice Davila tells Bored Panda that one of the most unknown facts from her field of expertise is that weather radars are slightly tilted upward in a half-degree (1/2°) angle.
USS Lancetfish (SS-296), a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox), a large voracious, deep sea fish having long lancetlike teeth and a high long dorsal fin. Her keel was laid down on 30 September 1942 by Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia.