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Strange Aquatic Life Forms You Don't Wanna Catch

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By RKHenry

The Top Ten Fish YOU Don't Wanna Catch

10. Lumpfish
9. Frill Shark
9. Frill Shark
8. Black Swallower Fish
8. Black Swallower Fish
7. Atlantic Wolffish
7. Atlantic Wolffish
6. Fangtooth Fish
6. Fangtooth Fish
5. Deep Sea Lizardfish
5. Deep Sea Lizardfish
4. Black Chimaera
4. Black Chimaera
3. Goblin Shark
3. Goblin Shark
2. Blobfish
2. Blobfish
1. Nomura's Jellyfish
1. Nomura's Jellyfish

You could be sitting there, asking yourself where fish like this are caught.

Well the ocean is made up of many different layers. Those layers are broken up into five different zones. The zone closest to the surface is known as the Euphotic layer.  More or less, these different sea creature live somewhere deep in the belly of the Euphotic and Mesopelagic zone. While some of these creatures featured live even further down, and their exact location is still unknown.

The Euphotic layer starts topside of the ocean's surface, and extends a mere 200 meters down. It is here at this sea level, that virtually all primary food production, in the ocean happens. It is also here at this depth that the infiltration of light is efficient enough, for photosynthesis to occur.

However, the next ocean zone known as the Mesopelagic zone is almost entirely dark. It is also where many ocean sea creatures hide out during the day. The Mesopelagic zone range is between 200 and 1000 meters deep, and stays relatively around 2°-5°c. At a thousand meters, the Bathypelagic zone begins. It is here that the pressure of the ocean is nearly a hundred times greater than that of the surface's. Below that lies the Abyssopelagic zone, which starts at 4000 meters below the surface. It is known as the great abyss, and extends all the way down to the sea floor. Except where ocean trenches are found, cutting through the ocean's sea floor and extending even further down. It is here in this area, known as the Hadopelagic zone where virtually nothing is known about it. So far, it is the earth's best kept secret, and currently impossible to explore. Some of the deepest known depths go as far down as 11,000 meters. That is a total of 36,089 feet. (1 meter= 3.280 feet.)

 



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shamelabboush profile image

shamelabboush  says:
4 months ago

That IS terrifying! Never known that those things exist?

Wanderlust profile image

Wanderlust  says:
4 months ago

Totally terrifying!!! Definitely don't want to catch them!

creativeone59 profile image

creativeone59  says:
3 months ago

thanks for all the pictures and info on fishes of the deep. wow, some of those fishes looked monsterous and scarry. I appreciate the information,I'm sure wasn't easy to come by,especially the pictures. creativeone59

oscillationatend profile image

oscillationatend  says:
3 months ago

Rather informative. I'll be sure to not go fishing in the sea any time soon...besides, still looking to fix up my schooner after that run-in with Nessie. Dang, that was sucky.

Nicole Winter profile image

Nicole Winter  says:
3 months ago

Great pictures, RKHenry, thanks for publishing this! That Black Chimera is the creepiest looking thing.

Mezo profile image

Mezo  says:
3 months ago

wow, interesting info...i don't wanna be catching of these

ralwus profile image

ralwus  says:
3 months ago

I love this RK. I watch the nature shows a lot and especially the deep ocean ones. It's enough to give one nightmares ain't it? LOL great job. peace, CC

RKHenry profile image

RKHenry  says:
3 months ago

Some of those fish scared the hell out of me.

ralwus profile image

ralwus  says:
3 months ago

LOL they would when hauling up onto your boat for sure. Pretty cool stuff though. amazing critters down below

nicomp profile image

nicomp  says:
2 months ago

Oh my goodness. I may not sleep tonight. No more seafood for me.

thegoat808 profile image

thegoat808  says:
4 weeks ago

I've said it a million times and I'll say it again. CREEEEEEEPYYY!!!! As scary as they are something pulls me towards them. I don't know what it is. I wrote about two deep sea fish so far. Wrote about the Fangtooth and the Viperfish. If you're into this kind of thing. check it out

http://hubpages.com/hub/Creatures-Of-The-Deep-Fang

http://hubpages.com/hub/Creatures-Of-The-Deep-Vipe

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