The fish mainly dwell at depths of between 400 and 2,000 meters. Reaching a length of about 1 meter, the blackish eel has a large mouth and preys on squid and other fish, eating them whole.

Hair-raising photos of newly discovered sea creatures ... unknown fish discovered in the Indian Ocean off of Australia's remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park. A blind eel with transparent ...

But why do these fish have such otherworldly features? The bizarre appearance of deep-sea fish is largely a reflection of the extreme environment they dwell in. Most of the deep ocean, which ...

A team of researchers led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has discovered a new species of fish—a member of the eelpout family—that lives in ... one example of how special this ...

Deep below the surface of the Indian Ocean, this patch of seabed teems with life. Museums Victoria Research Institute Translucent eels, fanged fish, and other peculiar creatures wriggle between ...

Additionally, many deep-sea fish have eel-like body shapes, which helps make backward swimming possible. The backward-swimming deep-sea fish typically measured between 1 and 2 feet in length and ...

Deep-sea diving can be an incredible ... shows a diver swimming along a local hotbed for fish activity when he stumbles upon an eel. While it seems the encounter will end peacefully at first ...

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Deep-sea diving can be an incredible experience ... At first glance, the moray eel looks like a normal fish. However, hidden in its throat is a second set of jaws called the pharyngeal jaw.

It's thought the crew may have mistaken a deep-living species of sea cucumber for a fish. In 1970, a decade after this dive, another A. galatheae cusk-eel was trawled from 8,370 metres deep. It is ...