Spanish researchers recently shared images of a deep-sea anglerfish swimming horizontally in shallow waters, capturing a rare ...

A rare deep-sea fish regarded as a harbinger of doom has washed up on a beach in the Canary Islands. The oarfish was discovered by beachgoers in Lanzarote on 10 February, sparking fears among the ...

like the anglerfish or the devil fish, they live hundreds of feet below the ocean,” Hayes said. This oarfish was just the latest high-profile incident of a deep-sea creature making a splash on ...

Its prey includes crustaceans and other small, deep-sea fish like lanternfish and bristlemouths.

Deep-sea fish are animals that live in the darkness below the sunlit surface waters, that is below the epipelagic or photic zone of the sea. The lanternfish is, by far, the most common deep-sea fish.

“Like with the previous oarfish ... “Many researchers have suggested this as to why deep-water fish strand on beaches. Sometimes it may be linked to broader shifts such as the El Niño ...

Additionally, many deep-sea fish have eel-like body shapes, which helps make backward swimming possible.