| Valenciennellus tripunctulatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Sternoptychidae |
| Genus: | Valenciennellus |
| Species: | V. tripunctulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Valenciennellus tripunctulatus (Esmark, 1871) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Valenciennellus tripunctulatus, commonly called the constellationfish, [3] is a species of fish in the family Sternoptychidae (hatchetfish). [4] [5] [6]
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus is small, growing no longer than 3.1 cm (1.2 in). [7] It darkens its body at night by pigment dispersion. It is silvery-white in colour with several black spots; the name tripunctulatus ("three-spotted") refers to the larger spots on their ventral surface, although there are often more than three of these. [8]
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus lives all the world's non-polar oceans. It is bathypelagic and non-migratory, living at depths of 100–1,000 m (330–3,280 ft). [7] [9]
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus is a selective daytime feeder on copepods (mainly Pleuromamma ) and ostracods (such as Conchoecia ). [10]
It breeds year-round, with egg batches about 100–360 eggs per ovary pair, the number increasing with animal size. [7] It does not guard its eggs. [11]
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