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Image Bank - Fishes

Snyder's Gaper

Reference

IB2422

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Gapers - CHAMPSODONTIDAE

Common Name

Snyder's Gaper

Scientific Name

Champsodon snyderi

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Gapers are found in deep water from about 100 to 1000 m.
They occur in large schools and make nightly migrations towards the surface to feed.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia