Dorie is reading the mask and Marlin is swimming around trying not to be eaten by that fish with the little light bulb in front of its mouth and it's whole body had a string of lights on the top of its body. Is that fish real? If so what is it called?
2007-03-19 09:40:56 · 16 answers · asked by Mom of Three 6 in Pets ➔ Fish
yes and no... it was inspired by the likes of the angler fish which is a real fish. There are others with bio-luminescent "lights" on their bodies as well.
http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/deepsea.gif
http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2006/03/060301091310.jpg
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2007-03-19 09:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great question!!! Yes that fish is real:
Common Name: Deep Sea Angler Fish
Scientific Name: Melanocetus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Sub-Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Melanocetidae
dont worry if you are like me and have no idea what any thing in that table means Here is an easier one:
Anglerfishes are bony fish in the order Lophiiformes.
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 fish, 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.
But Finding nemo portrayed the size of its light ang the way the face looks.
2007-03-19 16:59:34 · answer #2 · answered by Cameron W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well some what...it is kind of a cross of a hatchetfish and an anglerfish which are both deep ocean fish found about a mile down. the glowy thing is evidence of a process called bioluminescence. And just like in "Finding Nemo" the fish really used that light to attract its prey.(even thought Dory and Marlin wouln't be located in those depts.)
2007-03-19 17:15:43 · answer #3 · answered by Hayley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it Finding Nemo day? I think you are the second person to ask that same question today. But, it is a great movie. I watched it on Saturday. That is one cool fish. Most everybody else already gave the correct answer for the name of the fish, so I'm not going to bother saying it again. I think there are some fish that live on the very bottom of the ocean that have their own luminescence.
2007-03-19 18:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by Becca 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's called an Angler Fish, or a Lantern Fish. They live in the deep part of the ocean and use their "light bulb" and lights on their bodies to attract other fish so they can eat them, just like in the movie. I loved that movie....
2007-03-19 16:46:54 · answer #5 · answered by Ariadne 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yup the angler fish, search it on yahoo images and you can see pictures of real ones.
A little information.....
An angler fish has a head of enormous size, broad, flat and depressed, with the remainder of the body appearing merely like an appendage. Angler fish 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). Angler fishes are, for the most part, deep-sea fish, though there are some families that have shallow-water representatives. Angler fishes are named for their characteristic method of predation, Angler being another word for fisherman.
Hope this helps....
2007-03-19 16:54:37 · answer #6 · answered by Puddlemere United Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I cannot say the exact species name of the fish, It is obviously some sort of Angler Fish. They have a small apendage that they dangle in front of them to attract unsuspecting fish... follow this pic for a pic and more info...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angler_fish
2007-03-19 16:47:48 · answer #7 · answered by negativedreamers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Yes, Yes!!! It's a real fish. At first I thought it wasnt real, but yup god created a interesting fish like this one. It is called the "Angler fish"!
2007-03-19 16:51:03 · answer #8 · answered by Swee' Tea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is real and its called an anngler fish. It can be found in the north sea so I think tht it just fancied a wee holiday when it went to sydeny:D
2007-03-19 16:49:39 · answer #9 · answered by knoxy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the fish is real and its called a deap water angler it lives where the sun cant reach in the deap parts of the ocean
2007-03-19 17:31:44 · answer #10 · answered by Frank s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋