Ichthyologist Dr Ralf Britz, who named the fish after Bram Stoker's character Count Dracula, stated that the dracula fish "is one of the most extraordinary vertebrates discovered in the last few decades.
Nenavadno pri tej vrsti je, da so njeni pripadniki izgubili prave zobe pred okoli 50 milijoni let, zašiljene podočnike pa naj bi razvili pred okoli 30 milijoni let.