Sensation before Tenerife: Rare fishing fish spotted on the water surface!

Sensation before Tenerife: Rare fishing fish spotted on the water surface!

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spanien - An extraordinary moment for marine research: On the coast of Tenerife, scientists from the marine protection organization Condrik discovered a living hunchbacked fishing fish (Melanocetus Johnsonii) - a sighting that is considered almost legendary in marine biology. This fascinating deep -sea fish, which usually lives in enormous depths from 200 to 2,000 meters, was observed on the surface. This rare encounter took place while a group of researchers worked on a shark research campaign.

The fisherman and underwater photographer David Jara Boguñá was the first to discover the strange animal just about two kilometers from the coast. As the marine biologist Laia Valor reported, the team first saw a black object in the water that turned out to be the hunchbacked fishing fish. Despite intensive observations, the fish soon got into a critical constitution and died after a few hours. The causes of its unusual behavior and the ascent to the surface are still unclear. Some experts suspect that the EL Niño weather phenomenon could play a role that is known to influence the sea currents and the behavior of underwater animals.

a historical moment in marine research

This viewing is particularly important, since so far there are only a few documented evidence of such animals in their natural condition. Before this discovery, photos and films were almost exclusively limited to larvae, dead specimens or robot shots. The Condrik organization reported that this may be the first documented viewing of a living hunched fishing fishermen during daylight. A precise analysis of the fish is now being carried out in the Museum of Nature and Archeology in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in order to learn more about this mysterious and little understood way.

There are still many questions about the fishing fish living deep in the ocean. It is characterized by a unique luminous organ on his head, which is made to light up by symbiotic bacteria and serves as bait for his prey. The meeting with this rare being shows how little we actually know about the residents of the deep sea-a further indication of the mysterious miracles that are still hiding the oceans, according to the reporting of oe24 and