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Stomiidae
Sickle snaggletooth
Borostomias mononema
Big canine teeth and a medium barbel
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Medium
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumSickle snaggletooth is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 31 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stomiidae
- Genus
- Borostomias
- Maximum length
- 31 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Congo. Western Atlantic: southern part of USA to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. One specimen collected off the Guianas (Ref. 13608 ). Western Pacific: Australia (Ref. 7300 ) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Also known from the Northwest Pacific (Ref. 41173 ). Elsewhere, Indian Ocean.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
