Odontostomops normalops (Parr, 1928)
Undistinguished sabretooth
Odontostomops normalops
photo by Arronte, J.C.

Family:  Evermannellidae (Sabertooth fishes)
Max. size:  12.3 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range 400 - 1000 m
Distribution:  Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. Absent in the Mediterranean and in the eastern tropical Pacific. Widespread in the Eastern Central Atlantic but recorded mainly between 5°N and south of the equator. South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Mesopelagic at ca. 100-1000 m (Ref. 58302). Larvae (<3 cm SL) and small juveniles are frequently caught in the upper 50 or 100 m. Most adults are usually taken from depths exceeding 400 m but often between 100-400 m (Ref. 4763). Feeds on other midwater fishes. Synchronous hermaphrodites (Ref. 4478).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 15 May 2013 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  One individual caught on deep muddy bottom of the inner basin of the Marine Protected Area of Le Danois Bank (Cantabrian Sea), north of Spain (Ref. 90858).


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