Valenciennellus tripunctulatus
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus, commonly called the constellationfish, is a species of fish in the family Sternoptychidae.
Description
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus is small, growing no longer than. It darkens its body at night by pigment dispersion. It is silvery-white in colour with several black spots; the name tripunctulatus refers to the larger spots on their ventral surface, although there are often more than three of these.Habitat
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus lives all the world's non-polar oceans. It is bathypelagic and non-migratory, living at depths of.Behaviour
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus is a selective daytime feeder on copepods and ostracods.It breeds year-round, with egg batches about 100–360 eggs per ovary pair, the number increasing with animal size. It does not guard its eggs.