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Deep-sea fish are fish that live in the darkness below the sunlit surface waters, that is below the epipelagic or photic zone of the sea. The lanternfish is, by far, the most common deep-sea fish. Other deep-sea fishes include the flashlight fish , cookiecutter shark , bristlemouths , anglerfish , viperfish , and some species of eelpout .
Abyssobrotula galatheae is a species of cusk eel in the family Ophidiidae. [1] [3] It is the deepest-living fish known; one specimen, trawled from a depth of 8,370 m (27,460 ft) in the Puerto Rico Trench in 1970, holds the record for the deepest fish ever captured. [4]
The toothed seadevil, spiny seadevil or netbeard seadevil, (Neoceratias spinifer), is a rarely seen deep-sea anglerfish found in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones in Oceans around the World. It is the only species in the family Neoceratidae , and is unique amongst the deep-sea anglerfish in lacking an illicium and esca (the "fishing rod ...
A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was brought ashore for study, marine experts said. The silvery, 12-foot ...
NOAA's Okeanos Explorer team recently spotted a strange fish with legs during its deep sea mission. Known generally as a frog fish and specifically as a Chaunax, the underwater creature has ...
Typically, these fish are deep-sea dwellers and thrive in waters that are the least explored by scientists. Oceangoers with a dead, 12-foot-long oarfish. / Credit: Michael Wang and Owyn Snodgrass
Deep-sea chimaera photographed by the NOAAS Okeanos Explorer.Visible on its snout are tiny pores which lead to electroreceptor cells.. Chimaeras are soft-bodied, shark-like fish with bulky heads and long, tapered tails; measured from the tail, they can grow up to 150 cm (4.9 ft) in length.
It is considered the longest bony fish in the world by Guinness World Records. In 1963, an oarfish was caught in New Jersey that was an estimated 50 feet long, and in 1885, a 600-pound specimen ...