Common fangtooth
📖 Overview
Bathypelagic . Adults occur mainly between 500 and 2,000 m, but ranging from near the surface (young) to 5,000 m. Form schools, swim in small groups or solitary. Carnivorous , feeding on crustaceans when young and on fish mainly when adults . Serve as food for pelagic fishes such as tuna, albacore, and marlin . Oviparous, with planktonic larvae .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 20; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 28. Body uniformly blackish or dark blackish brown . Lateral line an open groove, bridged by scales at intervals. Swim bladder present. Juveniles: long cephalic and preopercular spine; big eye; teeth on jaws small, multiserial on premaxilaries; no teeth on palatine and vomer; gill rakers long and slender. Adult: no cephalic and preopercular spines; eye small; gill rakers tooth-like in groups on bony bases.: short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Common fangtooth is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 2 - 4992 m , usually 500 - 2000 m. Deep-water; 65°N - 46°S, 180°W - 180°E known from the Flemish Cap (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Common Sabertooth · Common fangtooth · Horned Fang-tooth Fish · Ogrefish · fangtooth · orgrefish |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Troldfisk |
| 🇫🇷French | Ogre |
| 🌍ISL | Bjúgtanni |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Onikimme · オニキンメ |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Длиннорогий саблезуб |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Pez Abisal Con Colmillos · Pez Con Colmillos · Pez Con Colomillos |
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 138 records indexed .
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