Talk:Fangtooth

Starlight, 200 meters down? I don't think so... Stan 23:40, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

No, and I don't think that's what I wrote: I was attempting to give a mini-explanation of vertical daily migration as is practiced by many other mesopelagic fish, and the 200 metre figure is after the qualifier "most commonly found at... " at the beginning of the paragraph (and that info is based on trawls, so we can't really say they're completely confined to that range). So I meant they may go shallower than even this at night, like some myctophids do. Does that make sense, or should I try to reword it? (Or you may, of course. I'll admit my prose is not the most eloquent.) -- Hadal 01:45, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

The "starlight" bit seemed the shakiest - I'd just never heard that, although presumably it's testable by comparing hunting performance on overcast vs clear nights. I think I see that you're carefully avoiding stating anything that is not known to be true, but the juxtaposition seems to imply more - a hazard of brevity. :-) Stan 04:11, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Reproduction season

Given that this fish lives in different areas of the oceans and on different hemispheres, it does not seem plausible that it should reproduce from June to August everywhere. Would it be correct to say about 3 months in summer? Aecur (talk) 10:33, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

The source from which that comment is cited is a print book, so I can't check it, but this website says much the same thing as our article. Changing the spawning time to "3 months in summer" would be original research so we can't do that. I think the best we can do is remove the bit about "June to August", and leave the article saying that "spawning frequency and time are not certain," at least until a source that is more specific has been found. - Donald Albury 15:41, 4 October 2021 (UTC)