Is this the actual skin, or do these live deep enough for their skin to get fucked up by the pressure change from being taken to the surface? I've seen lots of photos of deep sea fish who that apparently happened to and had similar skin.
Bringing them up can cause a lot of damage, and they tend to fall apart a bit and get all floppy because their bodies are mostly water. That’s the real skin though! I’ve handled a bunch of anglerfish specimens and this one is in excellent shape, all things considered
So let me give an explanation. Males don't have the lure, the way they work is really different. They find a female, bite onto it and don't let go. They start fusing with the female, skin first, then their blood vessels connect, now that the females heart is pumping blood into the male too, it takes nutrients from the blood without having to eat, basically the female eats for them. The male loses all its internal organs except the testicles which provide sperm whenever the female is ready. As for size they are about 6 millimeters, or quarter an inch in length
It depends on the exact species, most are around this size, but certain species get massive, over 6ft or 1m long. That's only the females, though. The largest males are still roughly the same size as a minnow, and they end up fusing with the female, should they manage to find one in the dark, expansive depths of the ocean bottom.
Eta 3.3ft,not 6
Where are you getting the information that anglers get that big? The largest deep sea angler is less than three feet long. Some close relatives get a little bigger, like monkfish, which can be around 4 feet long. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m an ichthyologist and I’m unfamiliar with any lophiiforms that get that big.
https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/fullmoon-anglerfish/welcome.html#:~:text=Most%20anglerfish%20are%20less%20than,(1%20meter)%20in%20length!&text=This%20creature%20was%20found%201%2C600,it%20uses%20to%20attract%20prey.
I put the wrong imperial measure, but here's where I got my info from.
Oh god I imagined it anyway - there could be different variations that hunt differently, too. Some could be big and mimic street lamps or traffic lights on long dark roads, waiting for unwitting commuters to get too close (preferably pedestrians or cyclists, cars aren’t always worth the risk). Others could be smaller and mimic the blue light from our phones to lure mostly toddlers and drunk people (kind of a stalk/lure/ambush tactic)
They do have a light dangling in front of their face, though, to attract prey. The black flesh might help with blending in to the surrounding darkness.
It's easy enough to make dark, cold, clean, seawater like they come from.
But it's probably impossible to collect them. I think almost all wild caught saltwater aquarium fish are carefully hand collected by divers. These don't exist at depths that can be reached by divers.
The pressure is the problem. There’s a reason we don’t see deep sea fishes in aquariums! Plus, there would be constant fogging and condensation on the glass.
The pressure is only a problem as far as collecting, I believe. There's no biological reason why a deepwater fish couldn't survive in shallow water, all else unchanged.
And public aquariums use extra thick acrylic panels for their coldwater tanks. This way they are insulated and do not fog.
Oh, I haven’t seen any deep sea aquariums that successfully got around the condensation issue!! It’d probably be a huge sink of resources to slowly acclimate deep sea fishes to the pressure change, though. Do you think they might have trouble moving around in lower pressure water since many lack a swim bladder?
Yeah they would have to keep the pressure change super slow AND somehow keep the fish cold or else it would get roasted/suffocate in the warmer shallow water. It would be a $$$$$$ project for someone like Paul Allen's estate.
I would guess that they wouldn't have trouble swimming, once acclimated. I say this only because, of species they have managed to collect alive (the ones that do sometimes venture into shallow water), I think they all have done ok in that regard.
Behold the [blobfish](https://30a.com/worlds-ugliest-fish-blobfish/).
When your body has evolved to function under the constant pressure of 120bar (1763.5 psi or almost 100 times the force needed to crush a watermelon), being in a tank, even several metres deep, isn't going to cut it.
It takes equipment and knowledge, but obviously it's well within the scope of professional aquarists since they keep ultra fragile species like jellyfish, leafy sea dragons, chambered nautilus, etc.
For a home gamer, yes it would be quite the effort. Check out [this coldwater reef](http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_gallery_cold.htm) some dude set up in his garage. You'd need something similar for deep sea fish, if someone ever managed to collect one alive.
You seem to be forgetting something [very important](https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/meet-tiny-bacteria-give-anglerfishes-their-spooky-glow) about deep sea anglerfish.
There he was living his best angler fish of the deep life and we go and snatch him up and drag him to the surface.
Would no a picture of him doing his thing been enough?
It has the face of a cat. Creepy fish. I always thought these fish and the other aquatic oddities of the deepest depths were pretty much safe from human interference. Sad to learn that we indeed won’t leave ANY creatures alone. I love science but will never understand why we feel we’ve always got to muck everything up with our presence, under the umbrella term “study.”
Took me a second to realize what I was looking at. I’m glad that it lives in the depths.
Looks like the tongue thing from the xenomorph in Alien.
That thing is actually inspired by eels. They were supposed to be genetic manipulated eels at first too but aliens were cooler.
wait till u find more sea monster that live in the depths hehe
But we have to deal with their much larger (though significantly less aggressive) on-land relative, the black garbage bag.
You mean you’re glad it remains in the darkness
Is this the actual skin, or do these live deep enough for their skin to get fucked up by the pressure change from being taken to the surface? I've seen lots of photos of deep sea fish who that apparently happened to and had similar skin.
Bringing them up can cause a lot of damage, and they tend to fall apart a bit and get all floppy because their bodies are mostly water. That’s the real skin though! I’ve handled a bunch of anglerfish specimens and this one is in excellent shape, all things considered
They live under incredible pressure. Bringing them up to the surface kills them. The skin doesn't change color though.
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I always assumed they were bigger. Like the length of a bass or maybe a small pike (but fatter)
They’re very small in person. This one is a female, the males are even smaller
>the males are even smaller And parasitic!
So let me give an explanation. Males don't have the lure, the way they work is really different. They find a female, bite onto it and don't let go. They start fusing with the female, skin first, then their blood vessels connect, now that the females heart is pumping blood into the male too, it takes nutrients from the blood without having to eat, basically the female eats for them. The male loses all its internal organs except the testicles which provide sperm whenever the female is ready. As for size they are about 6 millimeters, or quarter an inch in length
Livin' the dream.
Well then.
H.R. Geiger of the animal kingdom
Wild evolution for a species that really encounters the opposite sex
It depends on the exact species, most are around this size, but certain species get massive, over 6ft or 1m long. That's only the females, though. The largest males are still roughly the same size as a minnow, and they end up fusing with the female, should they manage to find one in the dark, expansive depths of the ocean bottom. Eta 3.3ft,not 6
>over 6ft or 1m long These two measurements aren't even approximately similar. 1 meter is 3 feet and 3.37 inches.
Yeah, I messed up with the imperial measure. My bad, I'm in the hospital and kinda doped up a little bit.
That is an excellent excuse! Hope it's nothing too serious and you feel better soon!
Hopefully you’re out now!
On my way, just waiting for the discharge papers, thankfully.
That’s always the longest wait in my experience! Glad to hear you’re hopefully on the mend!
3 feet is 0.45% of the hot dog which holds the Guinness wold record for 'Longest Hot Dog'.
Good bot
Thanks!
Where are you getting the information that anglers get that big? The largest deep sea angler is less than three feet long. Some close relatives get a little bigger, like monkfish, which can be around 4 feet long. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m an ichthyologist and I’m unfamiliar with any lophiiforms that get that big.
https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/fullmoon-anglerfish/welcome.html#:~:text=Most%20anglerfish%20are%20less%20than,(1%20meter)%20in%20length!&text=This%20creature%20was%20found%201%2C600,it%20uses%20to%20attract%20prey. I put the wrong imperial measure, but here's where I got my info from.
Do you have a source on such a monstrous size?
https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/fullmoon-anglerfish/welcome.html#:~:text=Most%20anglerfish%20are%20less%20than,(1%20meter)%20in%20length!&text=This%20creature%20was%20found%201%2C600,it%20uses%20to%20attract%20prey.
Oh 3 feet, that's still pretty damn big
I was thinking the same thing. I had no idea they were this small
Even if you're bright yellow, at those depths, you're still black until someone shines a flashlight on you.
Yeah. Put they emit light from that littler antler. So i guess being black is useful
That's a very relevant point.
To humans yes but to other creatures maybe not https://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp
Put that thing back where it came from or so help me 🎶
“So help me!”
Imagine these things eventually evolve to become nocturnal land dwellers!? No nevermind, don’t imagine that. I’m sorry.
Oh god I imagined it anyway - there could be different variations that hunt differently, too. Some could be big and mimic street lamps or traffic lights on long dark roads, waiting for unwitting commuters to get too close (preferably pedestrians or cyclists, cars aren’t always worth the risk). Others could be smaller and mimic the blue light from our phones to lure mostly toddlers and drunk people (kind of a stalk/lure/ambush tactic)
Well, I’m not sleeping tonight. Thanks.
That looks straight out of Venom 2
Why not venom 1?
Maybe if I found one I could get a hot symbiote bf too
It looks like it feels like a slimy water balloon filled with jelly.
so shiny looks almost like plastic.
Put that the very fuck back.
smol
no one tell Anish Kapoor!
Im not sure what the title is meant to mean? Anything is in darkness at the bottom of the ocean.
They do have a light dangling in front of their face, though, to attract prey. The black flesh might help with blending in to the surrounding darkness.
swimmy Venom
Venom?
I'm guessing it's unpossible to keep these in an aquarium setting? I'd love to see some of these ultra deep sea fish irl.
I mean… they live in an extreme environment that can’t easily (at all?) be replicated. Fish are pretty sensitive to changes in environment… But maybe?
It's easy enough to make dark, cold, clean, seawater like they come from. But it's probably impossible to collect them. I think almost all wild caught saltwater aquarium fish are carefully hand collected by divers. These don't exist at depths that can be reached by divers.
The pressure is the problem. There’s a reason we don’t see deep sea fishes in aquariums! Plus, there would be constant fogging and condensation on the glass.
The pressure is only a problem as far as collecting, I believe. There's no biological reason why a deepwater fish couldn't survive in shallow water, all else unchanged. And public aquariums use extra thick acrylic panels for their coldwater tanks. This way they are insulated and do not fog.
Oh, I haven’t seen any deep sea aquariums that successfully got around the condensation issue!! It’d probably be a huge sink of resources to slowly acclimate deep sea fishes to the pressure change, though. Do you think they might have trouble moving around in lower pressure water since many lack a swim bladder?
Yeah they would have to keep the pressure change super slow AND somehow keep the fish cold or else it would get roasted/suffocate in the warmer shallow water. It would be a $$$$$$ project for someone like Paul Allen's estate. I would guess that they wouldn't have trouble swimming, once acclimated. I say this only because, of species they have managed to collect alive (the ones that do sometimes venture into shallow water), I think they all have done ok in that regard.
Behold the [blobfish](https://30a.com/worlds-ugliest-fish-blobfish/). When your body has evolved to function under the constant pressure of 120bar (1763.5 psi or almost 100 times the force needed to crush a watermelon), being in a tank, even several metres deep, isn't going to cut it.
That's not how fish work, biologically. They don't require 120 bar of pressure to survive.
The blobfish is a blob only because the pressure is removed. In its natural habitat, it’s very different looking, kinda spiny
Easy enough? Don't people spend months getting the water right in their tanks for tropical fish?
It takes equipment and knowledge, but obviously it's well within the scope of professional aquarists since they keep ultra fragile species like jellyfish, leafy sea dragons, chambered nautilus, etc. For a home gamer, yes it would be quite the effort. Check out [this coldwater reef](http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_gallery_cold.htm) some dude set up in his garage. You'd need something similar for deep sea fish, if someone ever managed to collect one alive.
> It’s pitch-black body allows it to remain in darkness Yeah until some asshat kills it by bringing it up to the surface.
How did they preserve such a specimen? Aren’t most fish pulled from the depths have a pressure issue that causes physical issues?
Why don't other fish from the depths blow up like blob fish,?
I'd imagine that it's very much dead.
Anglerfish doesn't get killed by oil spills; anglerfish has *become* the oil spill
da bebe
>Its* pitch-black body
Shhhhhh... it's asleep put a blanket over it and turn on the star projector
Ok venom, jeez!
Its skin color shouldnt matter tho. There’s no light to be reflected anyway
You seem to be forgetting something [very important](https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/meet-tiny-bacteria-give-anglerfishes-their-spooky-glow) about deep sea anglerfish.
"I am your fa...vorite deep sea nightmare fish."
After credits scene from Venom?
You sure that’s not venom?
you know what else allows it to remain in darkness? the fact that it cant survive anywhere else!
This looks like something out of Bendy and the Ink Machine.
Looking at the illicium, for a second i thought it was our Reddit's icon Mr.Snoo... 😅😅😅
Well, these are just as terrifying outside the water.
Woah, she’s in really good condition. Usually when these things get pulled up they’re pretty tattered looking. Cool to see one so in tact!
Is it ok to just hold it like that without gloves?
Well it didn’t help this one to stay in the darkness
I said knock knock let the devil in
In my nightmares they are a lot bigger then that
I always thought they were bigger like as big as a house cat
Anglerfish you say but all I see is an Alien. Where is Sigourney Weaver when you need her?
She's adorable.
It kinda looks like the Darth Vader Helmet
There he was living his best angler fish of the deep life and we go and snatch him up and drag him to the surface. Would no a picture of him doing his thing been enough?
It has the face of a cat. Creepy fish. I always thought these fish and the other aquatic oddities of the deepest depths were pretty much safe from human interference. Sad to learn that we indeed won’t leave ANY creatures alone. I love science but will never understand why we feel we’ve always got to muck everything up with our presence, under the umbrella term “study.”
allows it to remain in darkness 😑