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Anoplogaster cornuta (Valenciennes, 1833)

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 (Ref. 27363). 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.

Common Names

  • Skerptand , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Almindelig troldfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Troldfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Scherptand , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Common fangtooth , English , Australia
  • Common fangtooth , English , UK
  • Common fangtooth , English , USA
  • Common sabertooth , English , USA
  • Fangtooth , English , Australia
  • Fangtooth , English , Canada
  • Fangtooth , English , New Zealand
  • Fangtooth , English , Azores Is.
  • Fangtooth , English , South Africa
  • Fangtooth , English , USA
  • Horned fang-tooth fish , English , UK
  • Ogrefish , English , UK
  • Harilik mõõkhammas , Estonian , Estonia
  • Ogre , French , Canada
  • Bjúgtanni , Icelandic , Iceland
  • Onikinme , Japanese , Japan
  • 叶鳞金眼鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 葉鱗金眼鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 角高体金眼鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 角高體金眼鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • саблезуб , Russian , Russia
  • Podočničarka , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Pez abisal con colmillos , Spanish , Spain
  • Pez con colmillos , Spanish , Peru
  • Pez con colomillos , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Trachichthyiformes

    Family: Anoplogastridae

    Genus: Anoplogaster

    Species: Anoplogaster cornuta (Valenciennes, 1833)

    Climate Zone

  • bathypelagic

    • Location

  • Worldwide in tropical to temperate seas. In the western Atlantic it is also known from the Flemish Cap (Ref. 5951).

    • Biology

    Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). 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 (Ref. 27155), feeding on crustaceans when young and on fish mainly when adults (Ref. 4737). Serve as food for pelagic fishes such as tuna, albacore, and marlin (Ref. 5951). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36624).

    Habitat

    bathypelagic