A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.
A deep-sea creature only recorded alive on one other occasion has been seen for what's believed to be the first time in broad ...
(Gray News) – Researchers say they have captured the first images of an adult black seadevil anglerfish in broad daylight.
While on a shark research expedition off the coast of Tenerife, marine biologists said they captured the first images of an adult black seadevil anglerfish alive near the ocean’s surface.
According to the organization, the fish is a so-called “black seadevil” known by its scientific name Melanocetus johnsonii. They typically swim between 650 and 6,500 feet below the ocean’s surface.
The humpback anglerfish or black devil fish is believed to live on the seabed between 200 and 2000 metres deep. It is ...