About 1.5 years ago I started an Instagram account showing my fish taxidermy work (taxidermy is the art of preserving dead animals). I have been doing this work for many years and I really wanted to show the world how beautiful, unique, and scary some fish are.
I now have almost 55,000 followers and I noticed my followers like the weird teeth the best. The more bizarre the better. So I made a collection of the craziest fish teeth I have posted so far. Enjoy!
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The head of a record size Atlantic Wolf-fish. It was 120 cm (47”) in length and it weighed 17 KG (37 pounds).
The horrific mouth of a Lamprey (bloodsucking parasite). This one was over 120 cm (47”) long and as thick as a man’s arm. Their mouth is full of razor sharp spikey teeth and is designed to attach itself to a fish. It then uses it’s tongue (which also has many teeth on it!) to bore into the flesh of fish and drink their blood. Sometimes they also attack humans...
The amazing teeth of the Two-Bar Seabream (scientific name: Acanthopagrus bifasciatus), coming all the way from the Persian Gulf.
This is the largest fish skull I have worked on so far, a huge Alligator Gar skull measuring 76 cm (30”) in length.
A large taxidermied Moray Eel. It was a lot of work to get the body into a curled up shape.
Deep-Sea Viper fish. Coming from the darkest depths of the Mediterranean Sea.
The mighty Anjoemara (Wolf fish) from Suriname. Scientific name is Hoplias aimara. These aggressive fresh water predators can reach 120 cm (47”) in length and weigh up to 40 kg (88 lbs).
The mouth of a “Can-Opener Smoothdream” fish. This is a very rare type of deep sea angler fish.
The head of a Stargazer fish. They are called Stargazers because they have eyes on top of their heads. They bury themselves in the sand and leap upwards to ambush prey that passes overhead.
The jaws of a large Puffer fish. They can easily bite off your finger and have a much stronger bite than a Piranha.
The jaws of a large Black Piranha, coming from the Amazonian jungle.
Huge Alligator Gar skull. This prehistoric looking fish is a “living fossil”.
The “Golden” Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis) from Brazil. A very strong and aggressive river monster.
The jaws of a huge Parrotfish. Their numerous teeth are arranged in a tightly packed mosaic on the external surface of their jaw bones, forming a parrot-like beak with which they rasp algae from coral and rocks.
The mouth of a DeepSea Angler fish (Himantolophus groenlandicus), filled with dozens of sharp needle-like teeth. Coming from the darkest depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
I often get asked the question: what is my personal favorite of all the fish I have taxidermied ? And the answer is: this amazing deep sea Angler fish called the “Can Opener Smooth dream”.
Mystery fish...The jaws of an unknown species of Deep Sea fish. I got this specimen from Icelandic fishermen last year and it was so badly damaged I could only save the jaws...the entire body and most of the head were missing. It was caught at great depths near Greenland. Can anyone identify this species? It is possible this species is not yet known to science...
The amazing teeth of the Black Drum fish. They look like works of art.
The jaws of a huge halibut. Halibut do not really look scary but they are ferocious predatory fish with some very nasty teeth.
This halibut weighed over 200 kg (440 lbs).
Huge taxidermied head of a record size Pike. This pike had a length of 152 cm (60”).
The mighty Goliath Tigerfish. This ferocious monster fish from Africa attacks crocodiles and sometimes even humans...
The jaws of a deepsea serpent, filled with 100’s of tiny razorsharp teeth.
Huge Payara (Vampire fish) skull. The large teeth in the front are over 5 cm (2”) in size. This specimen came from Guyana.
The bizarre teeth of the African Spadefish. Scientific name is Tripterodon orbis.
