What is "stareater"

n. snaggletooth

Stareater may refer to:

• Stareater, a fish from the Antarctic Ocean
• Stareater, a mollusc-like creature from the game Insaniquarium

Snaggletooths or stareaters are any of a number of small, deep-sea stomiid fish in the genus Astronesthes. They possess a bioluminescent red chin barbel that the fish use as a lure to attract small prey into striking distance.

The fish have delicate skin, and mouths filled with sharp, needlelike, curved teeth.