THE MYSTERIOUS ANGLERFISH

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SOME ANGLER FISH CAN BE QUITE LARGE, REACHING 3.3 FEET IN LENGTH. MOST HOWEVER ARE SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER, OFTEN LESS THAN A FOOT. ANGLERFISH ARE FOUND WORLDWIDE, SOME ARE PELAGIC(THEY DWELL AWAY FROM THE SEA FLOOR) WHILE OTHERS ARE BENTHIC(THEY DWELL CLOSE TO THE SEA FLOOR, SOME LIVE IN THE DEEP SEA WHILE OTHERS LIVE ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF.

WHEN THEY ARE IN THE PELAGIC FORMS, THEY ARE LATERALLY COMPRESSED, BUT WHENEVER THEY ARE IN THE BENTHIC FORMS, THEY ARE DORSOVENTRALLY COMPRESSED.
THE ANGLERFISH IS CARNIVOROUS IN NATURE THUS, THEY ARE ADAPTED FOR THE CAPTURE OF PREY.
SOME OF THE ADAPTATION FEATURES PRESENT IN THE ANGLERFISH;
THE DEEP SEA SPECIES HAVE LARGE HEADS THAT BEAR ENORMOUS, CRESCENT SHAPED MOUTHS FULL OF LONG FANG-LIKE TEETHS(20CM-1M LONG)ANGLED INWARD FOR EFFICIENT PREY GRABBING.
OTHER SPECIES OF THE ANGLERFISH ARE AMBUSH PREDATORS AND OFTEN APPEAR CAMOUFLAGED AS ROCKS, SEAWEEDS AND SAND.
ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT THE ANGLERFISH IS THAT THE FEMALE TEND TO MELT TOGETHER WITH THE MALE DURING MATING AND SHARE BODIES FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
THE DEEP SEA IS SO VAST THAT IF A MALE FINDS A FEMALE HE LATCHES ON AND FUSES TO HER, LOOSING HIS EYES AND INTERNAL ORGAN UNTIL THE TWO FISHES SHARE THE SAME BLOODSTREAM.
ISNT THE ANGLERFISH A CREEPY CREATURE???? WELL, THATS THIS PAGE IS ABOUT .

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