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The humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) is a species of black seadevil in the family of Melanocetidae, which means "black sea monster" in Greek. [1] The species is named after James Yate Johnson, the English naturalist who discovered the first specimen in Madeira in 1863. [2] The common names include anglerfish, viperfish and fangtoothfish.
Vipera kaznakovi, also known as the Caucasus viper, Kaznakow's viper, [2] Kaznakov's viper, [3] and by other common names, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae. The species is native to Turkey, Georgia, and Russia. [1] There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. [4]
This is a list of all genera, species and subspecies of the subfamily Viperinae, otherwise referred to as viperines, true vipers, pitless vipers or Old World vipers.It follows the taxonomy of McDiarmid et al. (1999) [1] and ITIS.
Starting off strong - and scary- is this guy. The deep sea viper. A vacation at the beach always sounds like a good time. Well, we're here to ruin that for you. There's a lot of ugly lurking in ...
The black seadevil family, Melanocetidae and the genus name Melanocetus are a combination of melanos meaning "black" and cetus, which means a "large sea creature", typically used to refer to whales. [6] Günther did not explain this choice of name but did note the uniform black colour, including the inside of the mouth of M. johnsoni. [7]
Kessler, K. T., 1860: A zoological voyage to the northern coast of the Black Sea and Crimea in 1858. Kyiv : 1–248, Pls. 1–2. Murgoci, A. A., 1940: Étude sur quelques espèces du genre Lepadogaster de la mer Noire.
Montivipera xanthina, known as the rock viper, coastal viper, Ottoman viper, [4] and by other common names, is a viper species found in northeastern Greece and Turkey, as well as certain islands in the Aegean Sea. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. No subspecies are currently recognized. [5]
The coloration of the Pacific viperfish has what is known as ultra-black skin to reduce the reflection of other bioluminescence surrounding them to better camouflage in the deep sea. This ultra black skin reduces the amount of light reflected from the body of the viperfish which scatters the light using the melanosomes in its skin that are ...