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Anglers off the coast of Taiwan recently reeled in a peculiar kind of fish — with translucent fins and bulging eyes — from deep below the surface.
The black moor is a black variant of the telescope goldfish that has a characteristic pair of protruding eyes. Black telescopes are commonly known as Black Moors, Blackamoors (archaic) [4] or just Moors, a reference to the black North African Muslim inhabitants of Al-Andalus. Black moors are believed to originate from China in the 1400s.
Some fish show no external symptoms, but others show signs of infection that include bulging eyes, bloated abdomens, bruised-looking reddish tints to the eyes, skin, gills and fins. Some infected fish have open sores that may look like the lesions from other diseases or from lamprey attacks.
The footage, captured in Spain's Canary Islands, shows the female fish, whose Latin name translates to "black sea monster," swimming through the light-filled ocean waters off the coast of Tenerife.
The eyes of black seadevils are small; the pupil is larger than the lens, leaving an aphakic space. Common among deepsea anglerfish is the strong sexual dimorphism in melanocetids: while females may reach a length of 18 cm (7 in) or more, males remain under 3 cm (1 in). Aside from jaw teeth, males also lack lures.
Researchers believe they've recorded potentially the first-ever sighting of an adult abyssal fish, Melanocetus johnsonii, in broad daylight. Normally found at depths between 200 and 2,000 meters ...
The Black-blotched porcupinefish is a medium-sized fish which grows up to 65 cm (26 in), but the average size most likely to be observed is 45 cm (18 in). [1] Its body is elongated with a spherical head with big round protruding eyes and a large mouth that is rarely closed.
Has Halloween come early? Monstrous deep sea angler fish have washed up on the shores of a park in California