Evermannellidae

pink sabertooth

Evermannella balbo

Tubular eyes focus on retina

• Pink
• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Europe
• North America
• Oceania
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium

The balbo sabretooth (Evermannella balbo) is a sabertooth of the family Evermannellidae, found circumglobally in tropical and subtropical seas, at depths of between 100 and 1,000 m. Its length is up to 17 cm. E. balbo have upward tubular eyes which aid in the organism to process focused imaging, this particular structure is located on the retina.