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How do deep sea fish reproduce?

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Ok so deep down in the ocean where the light doesnt penatrate fish and other sea life live there. How do they reproduce if they cant see what they are doing? Do they have sensative smell or something? And how do they hunt/eat?

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  1. All deep sea fishes have relly ENORMOUS eyes to make most of the light down at the bottom. Many species are fluorosent. They have bacterias living in special chambers insive their body which give off a greenish or blueish light. Most deep sea fish are fearsome predators. They have Enormous jaws and half-foot long canine teeth pointing backwards to grasp their prey tightly. There are also a few scavengers like catfish living on the sea floor. they feed on the carcass of large fishes that sink to the bottom. The deep sea angler fish reproduces in a strange way. The females can be 40 times the size of the males. They have a lure like dorsal fin (or fishing line, rather) that is luminous (emits light). the males are attracted by this light and once they find a partner, they hold on to her fast with his teeth, and that is the ultimate love bite. The male never lets go and his body gradually transforms into a lump of male reproductive organs that share the female's blood. This fact was a mystery until 30 years back. And about smell- most of them have at least 20 times a better sense than ours.


  2. .privately

    each can tell their own species

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