The scary-looking fish is usually found in water depths of 1,500 meters, where little to no sunlight reaches and where it uses its bioluminescent light to attract its prey.

In this case, though, the black spots characteristic of black spot syndrome allowed for a different approach: the video transect method. To record as many surgeonfish as possible, and therefore ...

The 36-pound fish doesn’t have the bluish-gray body like others of its kind, but has coloring more akin to a dairy cow, its white skin marked with black splotches.

Now, scientists have spotted the nightmarish fish in broad daylight for the very first time. Black demon fish (Melanocetus johnsonii) are usually only found on the seabed, at depths of between 200 ...

According to the organization, the fish is a so-called “black seadevil” known by its scientific name Melanocetus johnsonii. They typically swim between 650 and 6,500 feet below the ocean’s ...