Mysterious Creatures of the Deep

 

Please note: We did not catch the fish pictured below on our boat.

 

 

Umbrella Mouth Gulper Eel

Due to it's tiny teeth, small shellfish make up this fish's daily regimen.

 

 

Swimmer Crab

 

 

Stargazer

One look at this mug, you may lose your appetite.

 

 

Sea Spider

 

 

Oreo Dory

A peculiar looking fish that certainly did not get its name from the Oreo Cookie and not one of the suggested foods on the Medifast diet plan.

 

 

 

Hatchet Fish

 

 

Firefly Squid

 

 

Some type of Crab

 

 

Chimaera Pup

 

 

Carrier Shell

 

 

Blind Lobster

 

 

Basketwork Eel

 

 

Viperfish

 

Furry Blond Crustacean - Scientists said the animal, which they named Kiwa hirsuta, was so distinct from other species that they created a new family and genus for it.  

The divers found the animal in waters 7,540 feet deep at a site 900 miles south of Easter Island last year, according to Michel Segonzac of the French Institute for Sea Exploration.  

The new crustacean is described in the journal of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.  

The animal is white and just shy of 6 inches long - about the size of a salad plate.  

In what Segonzac described as a "surprising characteristic," the animal's pincers are covered with sinuous, hair-like strands.  

It is also blind. The researchers found it had only "the vestige of a membrane" in place of eyes, Segonzac said.  

 

Snake Head Fish

 

The New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research or NIWA has a great collection of pictures.

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