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1) Only females have the characteristic bulb, called an Esca, which fish try to eat, that the anglerfish then swallows

2) Anglerfish lack pelvic fins, and therefore swim feebly

3) Anglerfish mate via the much smaller male biting onto the female's belly and fusing with her skin, joining her bloodstream and relying on her for food

4) Anglerfish are usually dark grey to dark brown

5) The bulb on an anglerfish's characteristic stem is full of millions of bacteria that produce light

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anglerfish, any of about 210 species of marine fishes of the order Lophiiformes. Anglers are named for their method of "fishing" for their prey. The foremost spine of the dorsal fin is located on the head and is modified into a "fishing rod" tipped with a fleshy "bait." Prey fishes attracted to this lure stray close enough for the anglerfish to swallow them. Often bizarre in form, anglerfishes are also characterized by small gill openings and by limblike pectoral and (in some species) pelvic fins. Most species of anglerfishes inhabit the sea bottom. They are divided into four groups: batfish, goosefish, frogfish, and deep-sea angler.

The deep-sea anglers comprise 11 families of the superfamily Ceratioidea. Unlike other anglers, they lack pelvic fins, and they swim about, though feebly, rather than live on the bottom. They may be up to 1.2 metres (4 feet) long, but most are much smaller. Only the females have a "fishing rod." This ranges from short to long, and the "bait"-almost always luminous-from simple to ornate. In some species there are also other luminous organs.

Deep-sea anglers prey on various fishes and invertebrates. Some have been known to swallow prey larger than themselves. In all deep-sea anglers, the males are much smaller than the females and lack an angling apparatus. Three families are notable for the fact that the males live as permanent parasites on their mates. In these species, the male attaches himself, by biting, to the body of the female. His mouth fuses with her skin, and the bloodstreams of the two fishes become connected, the male thereafter remaining totally dependent on the female for nourishment.

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anglerfish, any of about 210 species of marine fishes of the order Lophiiformes. Anglers are named for their method of "fishing" for their prey. The foremost spine of the dorsal fin is located on the head and is modified into a "fishing rod" tipped with a fleshy "bait."

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1) The bulb attracts prey, which are then snapped up in the anglerfish's toothy jaw

2) Anglerfish do not actively hunt, rather waiting on the seafloor for prey to pass by

3) Female anglerfish feed on mollusks, like snails, small fish, carrion, and even fish twice their size, and males drink the nutrients from female anglerfish blood

4) Anglerfish have very few natural predators, mainly sharks like the Goblin Shark

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Deep sea anglerfish | Animals | Monterey Bay Aquarium

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The "fishing rod" growing from the female anglerfish's snout ends in a glowing blob of light.

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1) Anglerfish inhabit the 0-1000m range range of the ocean, rarely going below the continental shelf of the Atlantic and Antarctic oceans

2) Anglerfish are commonly found in the Midnight Zone

3) Anglerfish are found in tropical and temperate latitudes

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The deep sea anglerfish lives close to the seafloor and is notable for their lure, that produces its own light, to attract prey. Learn more about this deep sea dweller.

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1) Anglerfish were first discovered in 1833

2) A female had been found dead on the shores of Greenland for a first sight

3) In 2014, a senior marine biologist saw the first sighting of a living Black Seadevil anglerfish and recored minutes of it swimming

4) In 1999, a 7-foot-long robot named Jason was sent into the sea and found an anglerfish with a downward facing rod

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The Creepy Anglerfish Comes to Light. (Just Don’t Get Too Close.) (Published 2019)

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Increasingly, these ghoulish and improbable denizens of the abyss are being captured on video, revealing an array of surprising behaviors.

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1) In the movie Finding Nemo, an anglerfish attempts to eat Marlin and Dory in a chasm

2) An anglerfish appears as a boss battle in the Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

3) Anglerfish represent navigating the unknown with grace and understanding

4) In the Roblox horror game Pressure, a mutant anglerfish is one of the common monsters that appears

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The lure of the deep sea: anglerfish as movie monsters

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Prema Arasu & Alan J. Jamieson Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, The University of Western Australia. Emails: prema.arasu (at) uwa (dot) edu (dot) au; alan.j.jamieson (at) uwa (dot) edu (d…