Fangtooth
Anoplogaster cornuta
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Trachichthyiformes
- Family
- Anoplogastridae
- Genus
- Anoplogaster
Where to Find
Found in 17 diving areas across 10 countries and 4 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 4 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 72 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 5 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 3 records