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The predatory tunicate (Megalodicopia hians), also known as the ghostfish, [2] is a species of tunicate which lives anchored along deep-sea canyon walls and the seafloor.It is unique among other tunicates in that rather than being a filter feeder, it has adapted to life as an ambush predator.
The ghost knifefishes are a family, Apteronotidae, of ray-finned fishes in the order Gymnotiformes. These fish are native to Panama and South America . [ 1 ] They inhabit a wide range of freshwater habitats, but more than half the species in the family are found deep in rivers (typically deeper than 5 m or 16 ft) where there is little or no light.
Ghostfish or Ghost Fish may refer to: Animals. Called "ghostfish" or "ghost fish" Predatory tunicate, which is not actually a fish; Wrymouth; Kryptopterus vitreolus;
The black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) is a tropical fish belonging to the ghost knifefish family (Apteronotidae). They originate in freshwater habitats in South America where they range from Venezuela to the Paraguay–Paraná River, including the Amazon Basin. [2] They are popular in aquaria. The fish is all black except for two ...
Kryptopterus vitreolus is a small, transparent-bodied, freshwater-dwelling catfish with two long sensory barbels. Standard lengths for mature fish may range up to 8 cm (3.1 in), but usually only reach around 6.5 cm (2.6 in) in total length. [2]
The ornate ghost pipefish or harlequin ghost pipefish, Solenostomus paradoxus, is a false pipefish of the family Solenostomidae. The species' name comes from the Greek paradoxos, referring to this fish's unusual external features. With its common name, ghost, referring to its ability to disguise itself and appear and disappear quickly.
Most significant among these is the ghost catfish (K. vitreolus), which is the "glass catfish" most often seen in the aquarium fish trade. This species was initially confused with the larger glass catfish (K. bicirrhis; infrequent in aquarium trade) and subsequently with K. minor (essentially absent from aquarium trade). This matter was only ...
The wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes maculatus) sometimes called ghostfish or "potato-head fish", is a slim, eel-like creature belongs to the wrymouth family Cryptacanthodidae. It outgrows the blennies , its relatives, and may reach a length of 97 centimetres (38 in) TL [ 2 ] A low spiny dorsal fin stands along the entire back.