Auckland Museum expedition finds deep sea angler fish in Three Kings Islands seaweed

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Auckland Museum expedition finds deep sea angler fish in Three Kings Islands seaweed

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Auckland Museum Head of Natural Sciences Dr Tom Trnski talking about the latest discovery on the Three Kings Islands expedition. It's the larval stage of a deep sea angler fish. These are fish that live at about 1000 metres deep, and they have a 'fishing line' with a light on it that sticks off the top of their head and they waggle it around to attract fish that they can grab and eat. At the larval stage, however, they look like a baby fish in a plastic bag! This one is only 6 millimetres lon...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvJEuBRNzfU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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deep sea angler fish / Three Kings Islands / discovery / marine expedition / Auckland Museum

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