Angler Fish

Are you looking like something out of a science fiction movie? the angler fish uses a natural lure to draw its next meal nearer.

One of the ocean's strangest looking fish of all is the deep-sea angler fish. The deep-sea angler fish is known scientifically as the Melanocetus johnsoni and is one of the deep ocean's most well known residents. The angry-looking deep sea angler-fish has a right to be cranky. It is quite possibly the ugliest animal on the planet, and it lives in what is easily Earth's most inhospitable habitat: the lonely, light-less bottom of the sea.

As Wikipedia says,
Anglerfishes are members of the teleost order Lophiiformes. They are bony fishes named for their characteristic mode of predation, wherein a fleshy growth from the fish's head (the esca or illicium) acts as a lure; this is considered analogous to angling.
Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name. Tipped with a lure of luminous flesh this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be snatched. Their mouths are so big and their bodies so pliable, they can actually swallow prey up to twice their own size.

Any fish which passes before the angler fish’s eyes can be its prey. Anglerfish’s diet is filled with various genres of fishes. They eat almost all kind of sea worms, batfish, clams, copepods, and marine snails. The predator fish eats even the fishes, which are almost double the size of it.

Ugly Animals - Angler Fish






Finally, the Angler Fish from the movie "Finding Nemo" :-)


16 comments:

Comment1 said...

One of my favourites! Lophiiformes in general are just great!

I am a lover of children's literature said...

Thanks, now when I look at myself in the mirror I won't feel quite so bad!

Anonymous said...

these r so grossssssssss

Anonymous said...

bull crap

Anonymous said...

I want to know about their light producing structure

Anonymous said...

this is best in what I have seen so far

Anonymous said...

Looks like my mother in law

pay per head said...

My lord they are to ugly I don´t like them. Congrats for the blog

Anonymous said...

it looks like my scrap

matt said...

hey, this is good i like it, great job keep it up :D :.

Anonymous said...

It's a good thing they don't have mirrors.

Anonymous said...

LOL at the 4th pic haha

Read God's Word said...

Looks like the head of the sea monster from the Narnia series "The Dawn Treader". YIKES!! I wouldn't want to come face-to-face with that!

Rabbit Images said...

That is really ugly. Why do all animals that live in the dark have to look that creepy?

dlharp2 said...

I dedicate this song to the Angler Fish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrJmaM4UlBM

dlharp2 said...

I dedicate this song to the Angler Fish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrJmaM4UlBM

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