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[This fish is Real]

The Loosejaw is a small deep water fish which through evolution has lost the skin on the floor of its mouth. This alows the jaw to shoot out with minimal water resistance to snare prey. The red light under its eye is used to spot food, as many creatures of the deep see cannot see red light. This gives the Loosejaw its own 'sniper scope'.
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~ShinyAquaBlueRibbon Mar 1, 2013  Student General Artist
I didn't believe this was real. O________O I completely thought it was an alien. Oh my goodness. :iconclapplz:
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~dauntlessxhawk Feb 16, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Hey! Love your work! It is so anatomically accurate! Even the colour of light emitted from the four sets of the photophores on Malacosteus niger are very accurate! Are you an ichthyologist? Did you draw it based on any photos? Thanks!

A fellow marine biologist
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*Abiogenisis Feb 18, 2013
Hey mate,

Actually I have no science qualifications, but I am an enthusiast and read about it as much as I can.

This image was done based on all the photos I could find (which were few) as well as using some existing illustrations as reference.
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Mood: Love ~dauntlessxhawk Feb 21, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Good on you mate! It's fantastic work!

I know what you mean. Most of the Malacosteus niger in photos are deformed dead fish and I struggled to find a good one in its natural habitat, let alone one actually feeding!

Again, great drawing! Keep up the good work and enthusiasm :)
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~Pr0teusUnbound Jan 7, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
the weirdest part is that these fish are effectively filter feeders. normally their stomachs only contain crustaceans the size of pinheads when autopsied.
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*Abiogenisis Jan 12, 2013
How strange. Perhaps they ingest that type of food until a rare, large prey item can be found?
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~Pr0teusUnbound Jan 13, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
that is a possibility, but by and large their primary prey appears to be copepods.
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~dauntlessxhawk Feb 16, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
It was suggested that the calanoid copepods the fish consumes provides the raw material for the synthesis of its visual pigment (chlorophyl-1-derived photosensitiser) so without eating the copepods the fish can't see. When the nutritional state of an individual deteriorates after prolonged "snacking" on copepods, it may be stimulated to revert to piscivory (eat fish) in the epipelagic zone.
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~Phoeberia Nov 22, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Yep that settles this... Im not goin in the water
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*Abiogenisis Nov 23, 2012
Its about 3 inches long ;)
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