Common fangtooth

While understandably named for their disproportionately large, fang-like teeth and unapproachable visage, fangtooths are actually quite small and harmless to humans: the larger of the two species, the common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres ; the shortthorn fangtooth is about half this size.

The Common fangtooth lives in the bathypelagic, marine, depth range 2 - 4992 m , usually 500 - 2000 m environment.

common fangtooth, reaches a maximum length of just 16 centimetres (6 inches); the shortthorn fangooth is about half this size. More

The juveniles of common fangtooths begin to assume adult form from about 8 centimetres (3 inches) in length, at which time they begin to descend into deeper water. More

Common Fangtooth, Common Sabertooth, Fangtooth, Horned Fang-Tooth Fish, Ogrefish Common Names in French: Ogre Common Names in Icelandic: Bjúgtanni, Bj�gtanni Common Names in Japanese: Onikinme More

Common names

Almindelig troldfisk in Danish (dansk)
Bjúgtanni in Icelandic (Íslenska)
Common fangtooth in English
Common sabertooth in English
Fangtooth in English
Horned fang-tooth fish in English
Ogre in French (français)
ogrefish in English
Onikinme in Japanese (日本語)
orgrefish in English
Pez abisal con colmillos in Spanish (español)
Pez con colmillos in Spanish (español)
Pez con colomillos in Spanish (español)
Skerptand in Afrikaans
Troldfisk in Danish (dansk)
саблезуб in Russian (русский язык)
叶鳞金眼鲷 in Mandarin Chinese
葉鱗金眼鯛 in Mandarin Chinese
角高体金眼鲷 in Mandarin Chinese
角高體金眼鯛 in Mandarin Chinese

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