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borostomias antarcticus

Scientific name: Borostomias antarcticus (Lönnberg, 1905)
Popular names: Snaggletooth, large-eye snaggletooth, straightline dragonfish
Danish name: Antarktisk ulvekæft

Family: Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes)

Distribution: Eastern atlantic: Nunavut south to Bay of Bisay including western mediterranean. Also the southern ocean.
Capture sites: Davis and Denmark Strait

Depth: 300 - 2600 meter (bathydemersal)
Max. size: ~ 30 cm