The Terrible Dogfish
| The Terrible Dogfish | |
|---|---|
| The Adventures of Pinocchio character | |
Il Terrìbile Pesce-càne swallows Pinocchio, as drawn by Enrico Mazzanti. | |
| First appearance | The Adventures of Pinocchio |
| Created by | Carlo Collodi |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Giant Dogfish |
The Terrible Dogfish (Italian: il Terribile Pesce-cane) is a dogfish-like sea-monster, which appears in Carlo Collodi's 1883 book The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio) as the final antagonist. It is described as being larger than a five-story building, a kilometer long (not including its tail) and sporting three rows of teeth in a mouth that can easily accommodate a train. So fearsome is its reputation, that in Chapter XXXIV, it is revealed that the Dogfish is nicknamed "The Attila of fish and fishermen" (L'Attila dei pesci e dei pescatori).