@mbari_news: Swim along with a deep-sea dragon 🐉💫⁠ ⁠ Dragonfish (family Stomiidae) are cunning predators. Although they are strong swimmers, they prefer to lie in wait and ambush unsuspecting fishes and crustaceans. Most have dark skin pigmented with some of the blackest blacks known in nature, to stay camouflaged from their prey. Some dragonfishes dangle a luminescent lure from their chins to entice prey. When a tasty morsel comes close, their big jaws open wide, and sharp teeth snap shut.⁠ ⁠ This black dragonfish (Idiacanthus sp.) was spotted at 527 meters (1,729 feet) in Monterey Bay. #MBARI #oceananimals #oceanlover #Science #DeepSea #DeepOcean

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Kofie :

Having been astonished at the size of an angler fish, how big/small is this beauty?

2025-05-08 23:19:42

Justlookingaroundherebru :

got them uwu anime eyes and the cheek blush. kawaii

2025-05-07 22:14:15

shawty :

2026-08-18 19:01:59

Lorrie Carpenter :

So cool.💯

2025-05-09 16:43:03

VeeC27 :

It’s like a mix of toothless the dragon and an angler fish. 🥺

2025-05-07 22:16:48

Noggy :

🥰🥰🥰

2025-05-11 07:20:53

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2025-05-07 22:12:51

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