This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.
According to the organization, the fish is a so-called “black seadevil” known by its scientific name Melanocetus johnsonii. They typically swim between 650 and 6,500 feet below the ocean’s surface.
The humpback anglerfish or black devil fish is believed to live on the seabed between 200 and 2000 metres deep. It is ...
A deep-sea anglerfish, known as the Black Demon, had a rare spotting off the coast of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.