In 2008 we reported on the 7700 meter record for filming fish, video above, Using a remote lander, a group filmed Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, a deep-water snailfish, found only in the Northwest Pacific between 6.1km to 7.5km deep. Now this same group filmed swarms of the snailfish Notoliparis kermadecensis nibbling at bait 7560 meters, the . . . → Read More: Deepest Fish On Film
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By Dr. M, on  November 15th, 2009  5 comments  Fish, Organisms, Pictures and Movies  Baited Camera Traps, deep, fish, food fall, lander, Pacific, snailfish, Trench By Dr. M, on November 15th, 2009 8 comments Adaptations, Fish, Organisms, Pictures and Movies biomechanics, bone, fish, fish head, jaw protrusion, ligament, novelty, skull, slingjaw wrass Epibulus insidiator, the slingjaw wrass, “possesses the most extreme jaw protrusion ever measured in fishes.” Individuals can protrude their jaw up to half the body length to capture crabs, shrimps, and small fishes. This occurs through multiple structural novelties, as the video above can attest to, involving fundamentally reorganizing the way the bones and . . . → Read More: Crazy Fish Heads
By Dr. M, on August 20th, 2009 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government, New Research bioaccumulation, fish, mercury, methylmercury, open ocean, pelagic Figure 2 from Choy et al. 2009. Log-transformed mean THg concentrations (μg/kg) at the mean log(mass) of 4.24 or approximately 17.4 kg plotted as a function of median depth of occurrence for 9 species of pelagic fishes. Mercury is distributed across the earth whether it is in the atmosphere, biosphere, or geosphere. In the marine . . . → Read More: More Mercury Deeper
By Dr. M, on May 19th, 2009 One comment Mating & Reproduction anglerfish, deep sea, dragonfish, fish, food attraction, lanternfish, Peter Herring, sex, Sex Week, sexual dimorphism In the deep dark sea, bioluminescence is the name of game. Its central role is unequivocal for many organisms. Do different sexes of species display dimorphism with respect to bioluminescence? Does it have a role in the dirty deeds that occur in the dark? The following is an illuminating dirty laundry list of all sex . . . → Read More: Lighted Whoopie In The Sea: Repost
By Dr. M, on April 26th, 2009 2 comments Adaptations, New Research Acoustical Society of America, ear, fish, hearing, Mile-Down Club, Neuroscience, olfactory systems, otoliths, University of Maryland, Xiaohong Deng Left and right ears of the blue antimora (Antimora rostrata), a deep-sea cod. In the pictures you can clearly see the three otolith organs as white objects and the three semicircular canals. Courtesy of Xiaohong Deng, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland. http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/popperlab/research/deepsea.htm. Obviously, fish do not possess the big fleshy ears. Talk . . . → Read More: Herring Aids
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 20th, 2009 One comment Adaptations, Fish, Pictures and Movies Barrel-eye, Colbert Report, fish Big hat tip to Katie at DSN’s Barrel-eye fish post. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Craziest F#?king Thing I’ve Ever Heard – Barreleye Fish colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor NASA Name Contest Original is here if our overseas readers can’t see the video. . . . → Read More: TGIM: See-Through-Shi Fish.
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 18th, 2009 2 comments Adaptations, Fish, New Research Dracula Fish, fish, Myanmar, National Geographic, Natural History Museum Ralf Britz, Natural History Museum and National Geographic. Not deep sea but awesome nonetheless! The Full story is National Geographic News. “Despite their ghoulish appearance, the fangs likely aren’t used for feeding. “We did not study stomach contents, but we know that its close relatives live on small crustaceans … and other small invertebrates,” Britz . . . → Read More: Dracula Fish From Myanmar Doesn’t Vant to Suck Your Blood
By Dr. M, on February 23rd, 2009 25 comments Adaptations, Fish, New Research, Organisms, Scientist! Aquarium, Barrel-eye, deep sea, Eye, fish, MBARI, ROV, video #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) has extremely light-sensitive eyes that can rotate within a transparent, fluid-filled shield on its head. The fish’s tubular eyes . . . → Read More: Scientists Solve The Mystery Of Why This Fish Is So Freakin’ Crazy
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 23rd, 2009 8 comments Conferences, Fish, New Research, Organisms ASLO, Baited Camera Traps, Best of Zelnio, Black Swallower, Chiasmodon niger, Conference, Crustacea, Drazen, fish, Oxygen Minimum Zone, Scavenger, Snake Mackerel, Yeh, Zoarcidae I got the dreaded pop-up of doom as my macbook told me it could not install the latest update because I out of space. So I decided to poke around, see where I could save space and delete files. Sitting on my desktop for a couple years was an aptly titled folder, “Photos to Sort”, . . . → Read More: Big Gulpers In The Deep
By Dr. M, on February 22nd, 2009 12 comments Opinion & Editorial, Organisms Annelida, Barnacle, Cephalopod, Coral, deep sea, Echinodermata, feeding, fish, Giant Isopod, girlfriends, Invertebrate, Octopus, puppies, rotifer, salmon, sex, shark, sponge, video In no certain order… 10. Those barnacles just ain’t feeding! This is red hot barnacle copulation! Turn the lights down low, everything’s goin’ to be just right… 9. Humboldt Squid are vicious, blood thirsty demons ready to rip the flesh off any living creature. Of course I tend toward exaggeration 8. Beautiful? Definitely! Slow? Stunningly! . . . → Read More: The 10 Greatest Web Videos of Marine Invertebrates
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