Filmed by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, the video reveals a deep-sea rattail fish with two parasites clinging to either side of its head. The parasites are Lophoura szidati, a type of bloodsucking ...

That is, if you can relax while thinking about the enormous pressure of the deep-sea and all the dark mysteries that it holds. Rattail fish are actually a group with 1,000 different species worldwide.

The researchers compared the profiles of heads of specific species of rattail—long, thin deep-sea fish—to the marks on the seabed. The images fit together nearly perfectly.

Thanks to a fisheries scientist, the mystery was solved and the culprit discovered—the markings were made by the deep-sea rattail fish. Horseshoe-shaped tracks, located nearly 1,500 feet below ...

A strange video from the South Atlantic Ocean showed parasites on a deep-sea fish. These parasites, Lophoura szidati copepods, looked like they had pigtails. They clung to the head of a rattail ...

Closer inspection revealed the host was a rattail fish, ... “The science team will seek out hydrothermal vents and deep-sea volcanoes and venture into the 8000-meter-deep South Sandwich ...

Do you ever get the feeling that you’re being watched? The video below of deep-sea rattail fish staring into MBARI’s (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) cameras will definitely make you ...