Cow-fish

Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby)

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Length: 16 feet.
Description: Similar to the preceding species, but the male with a tooth on each side of the lower jaw at about the middle, female toothless. Skin very smooth and polished, uniform black all over with occasional lighter blotches.
Range: North Atlantic, apparently a deep-water species.