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A viperfish is a fierce predator which lures their prey to them by using a light producing organ called a photophore

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A photophore is a light-emitting organ commonly found in animals such as fireflies and bioluminescent deep sea fish.

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Astronesthes are deep sea creatures that have glowing and bright tips hanging out of their heads to attract prey in the deep, dark waters. A.psychrolutes has an elongate, slightly compressed body that lacks scales. The dorsal fin origin is positioned well forward of the anal fin origin. A dorsal adipose fin is present behind the dorsal fin. The caudal fin is forked. This species has a large mouth with long pointed teeth. There is a barbel on the chin and two rows of photophores on the lower side of the body. There is a small photophore below the front of the eye (suborbital photophore) and a larger one below the rear of the eye (the postorbital photophore). A.psychrolutes is black with purplish luminous areas on the side of the body. It grows to 28cm in standard length. This species occurs in temperate mesopelagic (glossary) waters worldwide. In Australia it is known from off South Australia.

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The habitat of the Viper fish is tropical and temperate ocean waters. They can survive 15 to 30 years in their natural habitat, but only a few hours in captivity.

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