Stargazing Seadevil Ceratius Uranoscopus
by Danté Fenolio
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Stargazing Seadevil Ceratius Uranoscopus
Artist
Danté Fenolio
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Photograph - Photograph
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The deep sea anglerfishes are predatory, luring their prey with a bioluminescent bulb (an esca) at the end of a long rod (an illicium), which is a modified fin ray. Impressive teeth are used to impale and hold any prey item that moves in to investigate the glowing lure. This is the Stargazing Seadevil, Ceratius uranoscopus. This individual was captured in a trawl between 1000 and 600 meters depth in the Gulf of Mexico, 2007. Image courtesy of the DEEPEND project.
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January 24th, 2017
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