The scientific name of the old fish is the angler fish.

The anglerfish, also known as the stutterfish, is an animal of the order Angleridae, mainly distributed in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The front half of the anglerfish's body is flat and disc-shaped, and its tail is cylindrical. It is generally 40 to 60 centimeters long. There is a fleshy protrusion above its head, which looks like a small lantern and emits light. It is a powerful weapon for attracting food.

It generally lives in tropical and subtropical deep-sea waters. It mainly feeds on various small fish or juvenile fish, and also eats various invertebrates and seabirds. Anglerfish have two dorsal fins. The first dorsal fin is different from that of ordinary fish, consisting of 5 to 6 independently separated fin spines (6 for the yellow angler and 5 for the black angler). The body is naked and without scales, and there are cortical protrusions of different sizes on the top of the head and body and on the edges of the body.

Living Habits

The angler looks very bulky, usually inactive, and is not good at swimming or chasing food. However, it is an excellent fisherman. It turns out that its first dorsal fin spine has turned into a long "fishing rod", and there is a fleshy spike at the top of this "fishing rod", which serves as bait. Anglers often bury their bodies in the sand of the deep sea, while their "fishing rods" keep swinging in the water.

Lure the small fish swimming around. When the greedy small fish are about to eat the "small fish" on the "fishing rod", the cunning angler will open its big mouth, and those small fish will Along with the water flow, it was sucked into Ammon's belly. Its large mouth and inflatable stomach allow it to swallow fish as large as itself. Anglers usually live on the deep sea floor at 500 to 1,000 meters, and they move to shallow sea areas when they lay eggs.