A very rare sighting of fish is making a splash on social media.
The sharp-toothed deep-sea fishing fish was discovered earlier this month near the surface of the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa.
The video and photos were taken by Condrick Tenerif, a Spanish NGO studying sharks and light by the Canary Islands and Marine Corps photographer David Jara Borgña.
According to the organization, the fish is the so-called “black seedville” known by its scientific name Melanocetus Johnsonii. They usually swim between 650 and 6,500 feet above sea level.
This range is known as the Bathepelagic Zone or Midnight Zone. According to NOAA, the temperature there remains constant – about 39 degrees, as sunlight cannot allow water to penetrate at that depth.
Water pressure can climb more than 5,850 pounds per square inch.
The researchers say they have rarely seen this species of fish, and don’t know why she was far from the depths of the ocean.
According to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, only female deep-sea fishing fish have distinctive lures in front of their face.
According to the museum, bioluminescent lures are one of the few sources of light at sea depths, making them the main way anglers can catch their prey.
“To date, records consisted mainly of specimens discovered by larvae, dead adults, or submarines during scientific expeditions in the deep sea,” Condric Tenerife wrote online, and the sightings were as follows. It emphasizes how rare it is.
In a social media post, the research team said they discovered that they would “remember it forever.”
