Thursday, August 28, 2008

Fangtooth Fish

Fangtooth Fish deep sea ocean
The Fantooth Fish also called the ogrfish is a middle deep sea creature fish that is very muscular. These fishes have big teeths, but are harmless to humans. The Fantooth Fish has the largest teeths of the ocean and can reach a size of 16 cm in lenght. They can be kept for months in aquariums which have totally different conditions than on depths of 200-2000 meters where they can be found.


The Deep Sea Angler Fish

The Deep Sea Angler Fish
The Sea Angler Fish is a deep sea fish that throws his angle and captures his pray. You will see this in the video that i 'will show you at the end of this post. Angler fish live on the depths of abyss. This fish hasn't many treats on those depths, but the Lophius is one of those treats. These fishes are still mysterious just as the other fishes that live on the depths of abyss. The fish itself is a delicacy in japan and it costs around 100$ to 200$ for one fish. If you're wondering how this fish tastes, it tastes like lobster.




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Hagfishes

Hagfishes swimming
A Hagfishes is a snake looking fish that has a scull, but not vertebrals. They can reach lengths of 50 cm and produce a sticky slime. Sometimes even fisherman's catch them while they ate there fish. The Hagfish manly live at the bottom of the sea and feed on dead and living fish. I wouldn't touch them because they can turn a bucket of water into slime in few minutes. They can even switch from sex if this is needed to protect the specie.
Here is a video where you can see hagfishes that are eating a dead Whale.



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Rare Goblin Shark

Rare Goblin Shark
The Goblin Shark or Also Called the Mitsukurina owstoni was first discovered in Japan, but shortly after that they have discovered other specimens in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. They have a long snout in front of there head and they aren't bigger then a normal sharks size. They mainly feed on deep sea creatures and squids. These sharks are extremely rare and some of them are even found on depths of 4000 feets. Watch the video and you will see a prehistoric shark called the Goblin Shark!

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The Blobfish

The Blobfish
It's a strange name for a strange fish. Another deep sea creature that lives in the waters of Australia. The flesh of this fish exists manly out of a gelatinous mass (blob). The blobfish hasn't almost any muscles. It's a real lazy fish that tries to spare his energy. These fishes are rare, but they can be caught by throwing nets into the deep sea.

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The Big Megamouth Shark

The Big Megamouth Shark
The Megamouth shark is one of the rarest species of sharks! It's a deep sea shark that doesn't live from flesh, but from filtering the water and extracting the tiny animals out of it. Just like the whale shark. There are so many question about this shark. However we have some answers! The Megamouth shark can grow upto 5 meters and it has tiny teeth's. Only 41 specimen of the Megamouth Shark were found in the past 30 years. They appear actually everywhere, but the most Megamouth shark were spotted in Japan.



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The Deep Sea Viperfish

The Deep Sea Viperfish
A Viperfish is a deep sea fish that can grow up to 60 cm in length. There are known 27 species of Viperfish and all of them have big teeth's that stick out there mouth. With these teeth's he is one of the most feared deep sea creatures. The Viperfish has a light giving organ that attracts his victims, just like a fishing lure. They are still a great mystery as all the other deep sea creatures.




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