Rare deep-sea anglerfish spotted on ocean's surface for first time 00:44. In what may be the world's first-ever recorded sighting, a black seadevil — anglerfish known for living thousands of ...

Deep-sea anglerfish near ocean's surface. David Jara Boguna/Condrik Tenerife via Storyful. As Oceanographic reports, past sightings of the fish have included images taken via submarine or pictures ...

Researchers believe they've recorded potentially the first-ever sighting of an adult abyssal fish, Melanocetus johnsonii, in broad daylight. Normally found at depths between 200 and 2,000 meters ...

Researchers from the NGO Condrik Tenerife have captured what they say are the first images of an adult black seadevil anglerfish, also known by its scientific name Melanocetus johnsonii, alive ...

Black Seadevils like this Melanocetus are quite elusive. Robison, who spotted the Black Seadevil last week at a depth of 600 meters (1,900 feet), said he believes this is the first time such a ...

WASHINGTON — An eerie deep-sea creature made a surprising appearance near the ocean’s surface last week. Condrik Tenerife, a shark ocean research organization, spotted a humpback anglerfish ...

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 ...

The specific humpback anglerfish spotted by Condrik Tenerife was a female Melanocetus johnsonii, known for its dorsal appendage full of bacteria that illuminates to attract prey, like crustaceans ...

The "black seadevil," a fish in the genus Melanocetus, for example, has a bizarre stalk-like structure coming out of the top of its head that produces light to lure would-be prey toward the beast ...

Deep-Sea Bestiary by Peter Tyson The ocean depths are home to a phantasmagoria of bizarre creatures, ranging from the footballfish to the "vampire squid from hell." ...

“It could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) alive, in broad daylight and on the surface,” Boguñá wrote in an ...