2006-12-06 12:34:40 · 22 answers · asked by Thad B 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
It is - it's called an Angler Fish and lives at the far depths of the ocean. The light attracts it's prey like a lure. Isn't marine life the coolest?!
2006-12-06 12:36:46 · answer #1 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a form of a siphonophore ( a fish that angles its prey)
You can check the web or wikipedia for more info.
The most popular one is called the angler jellyfish which uses a red light to angle its prey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonophore
Just saw a commercial for a show on Discovery where they had the fish from Nemo in it.
Secrets of the deep.
Show airs in Texas Sunday night at 8est 7central
2006-12-06 20:43:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An anglerfish has a head of enormous size, broad, flat and depressed, with the remainder of the body appearing merely like an appendage. Anglerfish may grow to a length of 200 cm (6.5 feet); specimens of 90 cm (3 ft.) are common. Its maximum weight is 30 kg (66 US lbs).
Anglerfishes are, for the most part, deep-sea fishes, though there are some families that have shallow-water representatives, including one, the frogfishes (family Antennariidae), that occurs only in shallow water. Examples of other anglerfish families that have some shallow water species are the goosefishes (family Lophiidae) and the batfishes (family Ogcocephalidae). These families also have deep water representatives. The deep-sea mid-water anglerfishes belong to the superfamily Ceratioidea.
2006-12-06 20:37:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. I think its called an Angler. They live very deep in the ocean and in the very dark areas. In fact, in Finding Nemo, Marlin and Dory should not have gone down there because, realistically, their bodies are not made for intense water pressure that those ugly fish can handle.
2006-12-06 20:37:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, although a cartoon movie, it is actually quite true, the angler fish uses the light in the dark water to "lul" the fish into sort of a daze, they just stare at it, kind of mesmorizing, once the fish gets close enough, well, you know the rest.
2006-12-06 23:23:22 · answer #5 · answered by Flames Fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many fish like that in deep waters. That was an artists conception of a fish based on fact. (Search Angler fish)
2006-12-06 20:36:14 · answer #6 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are called Angler Fish. There are several species, and some have bio-luminescence abilities, and live in the deepest part of the ocean.
2006-12-06 20:37:08 · answer #7 · answered by FRANKFUSS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lmao... yea its real.... its a fish that lives really deep in the ocean and it uses that light to get its food, cause its pitch black where it lives and many small fishes are atracted to light... so when the smaller fish gets closer to the light that fish eats them :)
2006-12-06 21:12:18 · answer #8 · answered by robert h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. There are some unbelievably weird creatures in the very deep parts of the ocean.
2006-12-06 20:37:57 · answer #9 · answered by Ha! Invisible! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yeah, that one, anglerfish, they use the light to attract fish, which they then eat as food, here is a pic
http://www.wise.k12.va.us/cms/studentswebsites/bray/femal%20angler%20fish.jpg
this one is a female, this a pic like straight, not sideways, if you want, search anglerfish in yahoo image search.
2006-12-06 20:42:13 · answer #10 · answered by $CiNDy$LiNDy$ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋