“Back in 1972 paleontologists T. Cavender and R.R. Miller named a huge fossil fish from the Pliocene deposits of Oregon. They called it Smilodonichthys rastrosus – the “knife fish.” The fish’s impressive teeth were thought to stick straight down, like those of a sabertooth cat, and so it became known as the sabertooth salmon.”
Curious? You should be! Read all about this fearsome salmon and it’s history over at Scientific American!