Almost the entire surface of the Earth has been studied by man. But the depths of the sea keep mysteries that are revealed gradually. With the advent of opportunities to dive deeper and deeper into the abyss, we find there unusual deep sea creatures... We would like to introduce some of them to you. Not all of them are beautiful in appearance, but they cannot be denied originality.
Medusa Atoll- a rather predatory creature living at a depth where Sun rays do not penetrate, let alone divers. Its feature is the ability to glow with a bright red color. This happens when the jellyfish senses an imminent danger.
Blue angel- very little creature that easily fits in the palm of a person. It has an amazing shape and color: it looks like a soaring angel, or a miniature dragon, blue above, and silver below. Such camouflage helps him to protect himself from predators, both in the water and in the air. An angel can easily float to the sea surface by swallowing an air bubble.
One more sea creature- Sponge-harp. As the name suggests, it is shaped like a harp that clings to sea mud and catches small prey with its sticky upper tips.
Funny octopus Dumbo got its name from the resemblance to the baby elephant from the Disney cartoon, although it is much smaller in size than the terrestrial mammal. When the octopus swims, it flaps its fins, exactly like elephant ears. There is very little information about it, since its habitat is very deep.
In the cold deep sea ah the furry Yeti crab lives. Its pincers are covered with fur, which makes like a crab on Bigfoot... Life on great depth where there is no light, made the yeti absolutely blind.
Strange Fashionista Fish the bat lives at a depth of 200 meters. She does not know how to swim, but only moves her shell-covered body along the bottom, using her fins-legs for movement. She is called a fashionista for the bright red color of slightly protruding lips, which makes her quite funny.
Handsome slug Felimare picta
dwells among. Extravagance is given to it by the coloring and shape of the body: the rich blue-yellow color of the calf, framed by a frill. He does not have his own house (like an ordinary mollusk), because he uses a special remedy for protection - acid sweat secreted throughout his body. It is unlikely that anyone would want to get involved with such prey.
There is a mollusk in the Atlantic Ocean, which was nicknamed "Flamingo Tongue". He is inseparable from his shell, which he carefully guards with his own body, and in which he hides in case of danger.
Seated seahorses many leaves, and are called deciduous dragons. They are some of the best masters of mimicry. The leaves do not interfere at all and do not help him to swim, the dragon moves with the help of two small fins.
This article contains a selection of the most unusual inhabitants of the world ocean. Of course, these amazing representatives underwater world hardly caught on a fishing trip. Even if you have in stock special fishing tackle purchased on the site. In addition to fishing goods, you can read a lot here. interesting articles about fishing and learn useful tips that will be useful to every fisherman.
Scorpena Ambona
Opened in 1856. Easily recognizable by the huge "eyebrows" - specific growths over the eyes. Can change color and fade. He leads a "partisan" hunt - disguising himself at the bottom and waiting for the victim. It is not uncommon and quite well studied, but its extravagant appearance simply cannot be ignored!
Psychedelic frog fish
Opened in 2009. A very unusual fish - the tail fin is bent to the side, the pectoral fins are modified and look like the paws of land animals. The head is large, wide-set eyes are directed forward, like in vertebrates, due to which the fish has a peculiar "facial expression". The color of the fish is yellow or reddish with sinuous blue-white stripes, diverging in different directions from the eyes blue... Unlike other fish that swim, this species moves as if jumping, pushing off the bottom with its pectoral fins and pushing water out of the gill slits, creating jet thrust... The tail of the fish is curved to the side and cannot directly direct the movement of the body, therefore it oscillates from side to side. Also, fish can crawl along the bottom using pectoral fins, touching them like legs.
Rag-picker
Opened in 1865. Representatives of this species of fish are notable for the fact that their entire body and head are covered with processes that imitate algae thalli. Although these processes are similar to fins, they do not take part in swimming, they serve for camouflage (both when hunting shrimp and for protection from enemies). It lives in the waters of the Indian Ocean, washing southern, southeastern and southwestern Australia, as well as northern and eastern Tasmania. It feeds on plankton, small shrimps, algae. Without teeth, the rag-picker swallows food whole.
Moon fish
Opened in 1758. The laterally compressed body is extremely high and short, which gives the fish an extremely strange look: It resembles a disc in shape. The tail is very short, wide and truncated; the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins are interconnected. The skin of the moonfish is thick and elastic, covered with small bony tubercles. A fish moon can often be seen lying on its side on the surface of the water. An adult moonfish is a very poor swimmer, unable to overcome strong currents. It feeds on plankton, as well as squid, eel larvae, salps, comb jellies and jellyfish. Can reach gigantic several tens of meters and weigh 1.5 tons.
Wide-nosed chimera
Opened in 1909. Absolutely disgusting-looking jelly-like fish. Inhabits on deep bottom Atlantic Ocean and feeds on shellfish. It has been studied extremely poorly.
Shroud bearer
Opened in 1884. These sharks outwardly look much more like a strange sea snake or an eel than their closest relatives. In the frilled shark, the gill openings, of which there are six on each side, are covered with skin folds. In this case, the membranes of the first branchial slit cross the fish's throat and join together, forming a wide skin lobe. Along with the brownie shark, it is one of the most rare sharks on the planet. No more than a hundred specimens of these fish are known. They have been studied extremely poorly.
Indonesian coelacanth
Opened in 1999. A living fossil and probably the oldest fish on Earth. Before the discovery of the first representative of the Celikant order, to which the coelacanth belongs, it was considered completely extinct. Divergence time of two modern species coelacanth is 30-40 million years old. Not more than a dozen were caught live.
Hairy angler
Opened in 1930. Very strange and scary fish dwelling on the deep bottom, where there is no sunlight- from 1 km and deeper. To lure the inhabitants of the deep sea, it uses a special luminous growth on the forehead, which is characteristic of the entire order of anglerfish. Due to its special metabolism and extremely sharp teeth, it can eat whatever it comes across, even if the victim is many times larger and is also a predator. It reproduces no less strange than it looks and feeds - due to the unusually harsh conditions and the rarity of fish, the male (ten times smaller for the female) attaches to the flesh of his chosen one and transfers everything he needs through the blood.
Drop fish
Opened in 1926. It is often mistaken for a joke. In fact, this is a completely real view of deep-sea bottom sea fish families of psychrolute, which on the surface acquire a "jelly" appearance with a "sad expression". It is poorly studied, but this is enough to recognize it as one of the most bizarre. The photo shows a copy of the Australian Museum.
Smallmouth Macropyne
Opened in 1939. Inhabits very great depth, therefore, it is poorly studied. In particular, the principle of fish vision was not entirely clear. It was believed that she must experience very great difficulties due to the fact that she sees only upward. Only in 2009 was the structure of the eye of this fish fully studied. Apparently, when trying to study it earlier, the fish simply could not tolerate the change in pressure. The most notable feature of this species is the transparent dome-shaped shell that covers the top and sides of its head, and the large, usually upward, cylindrical eyes that are under this shell. A dense and elastic covering membrane is attached to the back scales, and on the sides - to the wide and transparent ocular bones, which provide protection for the organs of vision. This covering structure is usually lost (or at least severely damaged) when fish rise to the surface in trawls and nets, so until recently its existence was not known. Under the covering shell there is a chamber filled with a transparent liquid, in which, in fact, the eyes of the fish are located; the eyes of living fish are colored bright green and are separated by a thin bony septum, which, extending backward, expands and contains the brain. In front of each eye, but behind the mouth, is a large, rounded pocket that contains the olfactory receptor rosette. That is, what at first glance looks like eyes in photographs of live fish is actually an olfactory organ. Green color caused by the presence of a specific yellow pigment in them. It is believed that this pigment provides special filtration of light coming from above, and reduces its brightness, which allows the fish to distinguish the bioluminescence of potential prey.
Our Earth is 70% water and most of of these vast water (including underwater) spaces, everything remains poorly explored. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that the most amazing and strange representatives of the animal world live in the depths of the sea. Today in our article we will talk about the most incredible deep sea fish Mariana Trench and other ocean depths. Many of these fish were discovered by the human eye relatively recently, and many of them amaze us, humans, with their incredible and even fantastic appearance, structural features, habits and lifestyle.
Bassogigas is the deepest sea fish in the world
So, meet bassogigas - a fish that holds the absolute record for the deepest habitat. For the first time bassogigas was caught at the bottom of a trench near Puerto Rico at a depth of 8 km (!) From the John Eliot research ship.
Bassogigas.
As you can see, by appearance our deep-sea record holder differs little from ordinary fish, although in fact, despite the relatively typical appearance, his habits and lifestyle have not yet been studied by scientists zoologists, because conducting research at such a great depth is a very difficult task.
Drop fish
But already our next hero is difficult to reproach for "usualness", meet - a drop fish, which, in our opinion, has the strangest and most fantastic appearance.
Like an alien from outer space, isn't it? A drop fish lives on a deep ocean floor near Australia and Tasmania. The size of an adult representative of the species is no more than 30 cm. In front of it there is a process that resembles our nose, and on the sides, respectively, there are two eyes. A drop fish does not have developed muscles and resembles something in its way of life - it slowly swims with open mouth waiting for the prey, which is usually small invertebrates, to be near. After that, the drop fish swallows the prey. She herself is inedible and, moreover, is on the verge of extinction.
And here is our next hero - the sea bat, which in its appearance does not even look like a fish.
But, nevertheless, he is still a fish, although he cannot swim. The bat moves along the seabed, pushing off with its fins, which are so similar to legs. The bat lives in the warm deep waters of the world's oceans. Most big representatives species reach 50 cm in length. Bats are predators and feed on various small fish, but since they cannot swim, they lure their prey with a special bulb growing right from the head. This bulb has a specific smell that attracts fish, as well as worms and crustaceans (they also go to food for our hero), but the bat itself patiently sits in ambush and as soon as potential prey is nearby, it abruptly grabs it.
Angler fish - deep sea fish with flashlight
The deep-sea angler fish, living in the depths of the famous Mariana Trench, is especially remarkable for its appearance, thanks to the presence of a real fishing rod-flashlight on its head (hence its name).
The angler's fishing rod-flashlight is not only for beauty, but also serves the most practical purposes, with its help our hero also lures prey - various small fish, although due to his not small appetite and the presence of sharp teeth, the angler does not disdain to attack and on the larger representatives of the fish kingdom. Interesting fact: anglers often fall prey to their own particular voracity, as they grab big fish due to the peculiarities of the structure of the teeth, he can no longer release prey, as a result of which he himself chokes and dies.
But back to his amazing biological flashlight, why does it glow? In fact, the light is provided by special luminous bacteria that live in close symbiosis with the anglerfish.
Besides its main name deep sea fish-the angler has others: " sea Devil», « angler", Because in its appearance, and habits, it can be safely attributed to deep-sea fish monsters.
The barrel-eye has perhaps the most unusual structure among deep-sea fish: a transparent head through which it can see with its tubular eyes.
Although the fish was first discovered by scientists back in 1939, it still remains poorly understood. It lives in the Bering Sea, off the west coast of the United States and Canada, and off the coast of northern Japan.
Giant amoeba
American oceanographers 6 years ago discovered living things at a record depth of 10 km. - giant amoebas. True, they no longer belong to fish, so bassogigas still takes the lead among fish, but it is these giant amoebas that are absolute record holders among living creatures living on deepest- the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest known on Earth. These amoebas were discovered using a special deep-sea camera, and to this day, the study of their life continues.
Deep sea fish videos
And in addition to our article, we suggest you watch an interesting video about 10 incredible creatures of the Mariana Trench.
Despite the fact that water occupies 70% of the surface of our planet, the oceans remain a mystery to humans. No more than 5% of the world's oceans have been explored, the rest of it is beyond the knowledge of people. But some interesting information still managed to get, for example, about what creatures live deep under water, where sunlight does not penetrate.
1st place. Batizaurus
This lizard-headed creature is very reminiscent of long-extinct dinosaurs in a reduced form. Probably, for this similarity it got its name. Batizaurus lives in the seas of the tropical and subtropical climate at a depth of 600 to 3500 meters and reaches a length of 50-65 cm. It is considered the deepest predator, such a mini-machine - a killer, devouring everything that comes in its way. Even on the tongue, the batizaurus has teeth. By the way, this monster is a hermaphrodite, that is, it has both male and female sexual characteristics.
2nd place. Angler
This is probably the most ugly creature in the world, seeing him, one cannot help but be frightened. There are about 200 species of deep-sea monkfish, most of them in the Atlantic Ocean. Some of these creatures grow up to a meter, and prey is lured with a glowing tail. Their mouths are so large, and the body itself is so flexible that they can swallow prey twice their size.
3rd place. Frilled Shark
This prehistoric creature lived and hunted beautifully even those times when dinosaurs roamed the earth. People very rarely have the opportunity to contemplate this formidable predator, since the frilled shark prefers to stay at a depth of 1500 meters, where it hunts mainly cephalopods.
4th place. Fish is a drop
This fish is somewhat reminiscent of a person with an unhappy expression on his face, upset by his ugliness. It lives mainly off the coast of Tasmania at a depth of 800 meters and feeds on mollusks and sea urchins... In a fish - a drop does not have an air bubble, and the body consists of a jelly-like substance, slightly denser than water, which allows it to easily move along the seabed.
5th place. Fish - lion
According to some reports, lion fish appeared in the Caribbean Sea relatively recently, and became a real disaster for the local inhabitants. Unfamiliar with this type of fish, many try to taste them, and as a result, they themselves become prey. These fish have poisonous thorns, therefore, the only one who can eat a fish - a lion - is another fish - a lion, since they are not only predators, but also cannibals.
6th place. Fish - viper
This deep sea fish is known as one of the most ruthless predators of the seabed. It is easily recognizable by its large mouth with huge sharp fangs. In fact, the teeth are so long that they do not fit in her mouth and reach her eyes. Like the monkfish, the viper fish lures its prey with its glowing tail and pierces it with its terrible teeth. Her body is so flexible that she is able to swallow a victim larger than her.
7th place. Woodlice devouring the tongue
8th place. Sack swallow, or black devourer
This fish, up to 30 cm long, lives in the seas of a subtropical climate. It got its name from its elastic stomach, which can accommodate fish, four times the size of a bag-bag in size. The lower jaw has no bony connection to the skull, and there are no ribs on the abdomen. All this helps the fish to swallow food.
9th place. Macropinna Microstoma
This small fish is known for its transparent head, inside which there are green eyes. It lives in the cool waters of the Pacific and Arctic Ocean at a depth of 200 to 600 meters.
10th place. Sea bat
it bottom fish, very reminiscent of a stingray, lives mainly in the warm waters of the seas and oceans at a depth of 200 to 1000 meters. It has a large head and a small tail; the body itself is practically absent. The bat does not know how to swim, and crawls along the bottom with reluctance. Basically, he just lies there, and waits for the food to swim up to him.
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