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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kotlyar, A.N., 1986
National Database: PescaBase

Common names from other countries

Fangtooth, Horned fang-tooth fish, Ogre, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Anoplogastridae (Fangtooths)
Etymology: Anoplogaster: Greek, ana = up + Greek, oplon = shield + Greek, gaster = stomach (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 2 - 4992 m (Ref. 50610), usually 500 - 2000 m. Deep-water; 65°N - 46°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

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

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 13 - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5951)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 17-20; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 7 - 9; Vértebra: 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.

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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Oviparous (Ref. 36624).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Moore, Jon A. | Colaboradores

Post, A., 1986. Anoplogasteridae. p. 767-768. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4737)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 May 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)