So the other night, my son asks me about this fish he saw in Finding Nemo. Normally I might not share such a tale, because it’s probably only memorable to our family – but the answers found from this innocent question were pretty impressive indeed.
You see, the alleged fish has a light on it’s head and huge fangs. I don’t know about you, but I’d never heard of such a beast. In fact, I thought it sounded like someone had been having a little fun in the animation room. I even made the mistake of mentioning that it might not be completely real!
You can imagine my surprise when I finally found a picture of the fish in question. That’s a freaky fish indeed, and it seems that very little imagination would be necessary to get this fellow looking like a scary fish!
So I looked around some more and found all sorts of information, including this little tidbit that seems to provide all the information you might need (sorry, link died). You see, apparently this vicious beast is the female of the species! And you thought human women were bad! Luckily they only live at depths of 1,600 to 10,000 feet!
The luminous organ on her head actually attracts her prey. She can vibrate the thing, too, presumably to attract prey if they’re blind. The worst part is that the male of the species lives only to bond himself to the body of the female and provide his seed so that the species may continue. He’s also a lot smaller and not quite as strange looking!
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215 responses to “The Angler Fish”
My step son is looking for information on the angler fish. More precisly (sp), the Human Impact on Angler Fish. My thoughts are we can’t find information on it, because there isn’t much of a human impact on them since they are so deep. It looks like someone in here may have seen a site with this information at some time… so I’m giving a shout out!! 🙂 Thank you.
How funny so many people wanted to find out the same thing. Our little girl is too young to ask, but covers her eyes. My husband told me..oh that’s an Angler Fish, I said well I’ve never heard of such a thing, seems a little far fetched. WOW, boy was I wrong….just one more excuse to stay out of the ocean!
I love learning about fish that are still somewhat a mystery to us! It is so interesting to see what all is there that we dont have a full understanding of. Many people don’t seem interested in any sort of thing; since i have seen finding Nemo i have become interesting in learning, not many people my age really understand, and i know i am in my mid teens, and i know these things! Thank you for creating a site where i can learn about these mysterious creatures!
Hey! thanx for the AWSOME info! And Those dumb butts who were rude enough to say those things seriously need a life. Like, its ok to have your own opions, but u don’t ahev to say that theother persons wrong. just start with “I Belive…” and end whith “Thats just my oponion”
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Since the Angler lives at depths starting at 1,600 feet, I’d suspect that fishing for them would be difficult, if not impossible.
does anyone know if you can go fishing for theese angler fish? if so what do u baitem with? any info will b greatly appriciated. thank you all n have a nice day
Where can i get the Angler fishes Life Cycle?
“And you thought human women were bad!” wow… how funny… *cough* anyways
i hate that fish, its friggin scary! i had to look it up ’cause i didnt believe it existed.
omg i love this site it is extremly informative me my self am absolutley facinated with deep water fish you know the kind that you connot believe that are real any way i just love this site
thank you
I think its an angler with big viperfish teeth and whatever those little glowing spots are on it’s sides like a viper fish. My opinion is that it is a angler with some viperfish fetures