Astonishing fish, close to the monkfish, the dragon of the abyss uses a luminous organ to attract its prey. The animal is rare and very few images show it evolving in its natural environment. During an exploration carried out by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, they were able to bring back some footage of this strange specimen.
According to the Monterey Bay AquariumResearch Institute (Mbari), who took the footage, it was the first time that the animal had been filmed at sea. After this recording, biologists recovered the fishfor his observation. Indeed, its study will provide a better understanding of the animal and thus help its conservation in the natural environment. This is an opportunity for scientists to learn more about this surprising animal of the abyss.
The dragon of the abyss is a lophiiform, usually called anglerfish on the displays of fishmongers, who customarily remove their head. Flat, very wide and ugly with tormented skin (an excellent camouflage), it has a kind of articulated fishing rod. The dragon of the abyss has a lighted instrument being almost non-existent in the great depths, it is terminated by a bioluminescent organ, to attract its prey near its enormous mouth. Little known to scientists, living between 1 and 3 km deep and in almost complete darkness, this fish is difficult to observe.
