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Related: About this forumRare Black Sea Devil Caught on Film for the First Time
This rare deep-sea anglerfishknown as a black sea devilwas captured on film for the first time off the coast of central California
With its gaping mouth, needle-sharp teeth, and slightly startled expression, the black sea devil anglerfish seems tailor-made for the spotlight. And in fact, one particular female got her close-up on November 17 when researchers got footage of this rare anglerfishthe first time this species has been filmed alive and in its natural habitatoff of central California. (See also rare footage of the deep-sea oarfish.)
A team using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Monterey Bay Canyon spied this 3.5-inch-long (9 centimeter) black sea devil about 1,900 feet (580 meters) deep. The scientists were then able to bring her up to the surface aliveno mean featand have been monitoring the fish ever since. Bruce Robison, a deep-sea ecologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, has brought up sea devils from the deep before, but never with an ROV. "It came up in absolutely perfect condition," he says.
Having a living animal to study is telling scientists so much more than they could ever have gotten from the dead, preserved specimens floating around various research facilities, Robison explains. "One of the first things that we got back from ichthyologists was astonishment at how [the fish] uses its dorsal fin to swim," he says. "Nobody had ever seen that." The anglerfish also appeared to be breathing more than expected, given its build, Robison added.
Read more at: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141125-sea-devil-deep-sea-fish-animals-science/
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Rare Black Sea Devil Caught on Film for the First Time (Original Post)
undeterred
Nov 2014
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Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)1. I remember seeing a picture, when I was a kid, of one of these
in a diagram of what fish could be found at what depth in the ocean. I was fascinated by them. This is a blast from the past for me.
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)2. Dick Cheney? nt