Anglerfish in the Deep Sea
By Zaine Mani
The deep sea covers 70 percent of Earth and has been a mystery for humans since it was created. Only 5 percent of it has been explored! With the possibility of leaving the rest of it to hold species that we didn’t even know existed. One fish however that we do know exists is the anglerfish. The anglerfish is a very weird looking fish at first sight with its rough skin, rigid teeth and a unique hanging bulb in front of its face, but you will soon find out why it has these and many more features to survive the deep ocean.
Conditions of the Deep Sea:
The anglerfish lives down in the abyssal zone of the deep zone. This is roughly 4000m-6000m deep and is the bottom layer of the ocean with almost freezing water and intense pressure form the adaptations of the anglerfish. This far down in the sea means there is none or very little sunlight making it impossible for fish to see. Oxygen is also an important factor for the anglerfish. At the bottom of the ocean, oxygen is relatively scarce. The majority of oxygen at bottom depths of the ocean is brought in by very cold and relatively fresh (less salt) currents that start near the north and
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In the depths of the deep sea finding food to eat is scare and any opportunity they get, they need to take. Anglerfish can wiggle the esca to make it resemble a prey animal, which lures the anglerfish's prey close enough for the anglerfish to devour them whole. They are equipped with sharp teeth and powerful jaws, this allowing any prey they catch to not escape. The anglerfish also can extend its jaw and stomach to an incredible size. This is very important because the anglerfish can swallow prey twice the size of its body. Having this adaptation means when times are scare and they cannot find any prey, they will have food already stocked
Adaptations: A long snout to catch prey, and a long curly tail to grab coral and sea grass due to high current pressure.
The smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata (Latham 1794) species are a large batoid elasmobranch that prefers very specific habitats (Simpfendorfer et al., 2010). They are also a K-selected species, which means that the smalltooth have a late maturity, a small pup size and a slow growth rate (Seitz & Poulakis, 2006). The smalltooth sawfish species can be identified from the undefined or undeveloped lower caudal fin (Gómez-Rodríguez et al., 2014). Another identifier is the first dorsal fin is in line with the beginning of the pelvic fin (Gómez-Rodríguez et al., 2014). Unlike the other sawfish, the P. pectinata have about 20 to 34 rostral teeth on the saw, which is more than most species (Gómez-Rodríguez et al., 2014).
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The Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) is an anadromous species that is found along the west coast of North America, primarily along the coast of Washington, Oregon, and northern California. E. tridentatus is a semelparous species that can live up to five years and can spend up to three and a half years in saltwater. They begin metamorphosis in July and the known period of entry into salt water is from December until June. In the ocean E. tridentatus have been documented to primarily feed on Pacific Salmon species such as Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka), and Pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). O. tshawytscha have endured most lamprey attacks because researchers believe that E. tridentatus attack this salmon when it is making the transition to swim back up stream to spawn. E. tridentatus who do not represent an anadromous life style also prey heavily on resident salmonid species. Salmonid species have an important role in the diet and life history of E. tridentatus as they are an important prey item.
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These jellyfish can live in cold and moderate waters of the ocean between 4-28 degrees Celsius. They can usually live/be found by the coast in continental shelf regions like the Atlantic and Mediterranean (United Kingdom and Turkey). Adult compass fish can usually be found near the surface of the water, however, when the currents toward the surface are too strong for them; they tend to move to deeper waters, although it is scarce for them to be located below 30m but drift deeper if they feel threatened by a predator. They swim by using the movements of their bell which pushes water out and thrusts them forward.
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The female plays the biggest role in the relationship as she controls the food, and attracts the prey with her lure. This extreme case of sexual dysmorphism allows the female anglerfish to spawn whenever she needs to as she always has a mate available. The sperm travels through the mouth of a female and is fertilized to form a zygote. When the female is ready to produce her eggs, she lays them on a sheet made of jelly like substance two to three feet by 30 feet long. The sheet floats to the top of the ocean and when the eggs are ready they hatch and become larvae. Then the larvae eat plankton to sustain themselves, and eventually travel back to the bottom of the ocean as they grow older. The average female/male anglerfish has 46 chromosomes. Anglerfish are categorized by their genes, “They are characterized by the dorso-ventrally compressed morphology of the head and body, a wide and cavernous mouth, thin skin, an absence of scales and swimbladder, and a modified first dorsal fin ray (illicium) with a terminal esca, which serves as a lure.” (http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/65/7/1272.full) The variation in these genes can either be helpful or hurtful
A team of the university of St. Andrews have discovered that these fish spend most of their time in a Florida bay near the coast. The only way the conversationists might be able to prevent this sawfish to die out is by understanding their habitat more.
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