Published on Nov 21, 2014
Deep-seaanglerfish are strange and elusive creatures that are very rarely
observed in their natural habitat. Fewer than half a dozen have ever
been captured on film or video by deep diving research vehicles. This
little angler, about 9 cm long, is named Melanocetus. It is also known
as the Black Seadevil and it lives in the deep dark waters of the
Monterey Canyon. MBARI's ROV Doc Ricketts observed this anglerfish for
the first time at 600 m on a midwater research expedition in November
2014. We believe that this is the first video footage ever made of this
species alive and at depth.
For more information:
http://www.mbari.org
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