Researchers report they have recently described a pale, ghostly blue damselfish living in the deep-sea reefs of the Maldives.

Ever ordered 'copi' at a restaurant? Bet you haven't seen it on a menu. That's the new name given to several members of the ...

The long, ribbon-shaped fish usually inhabit the mesopelagic ... which could also affect oarfish and other deep-sea creatures. “Rare encounters like this provide an amazing opportunity to ...

deep-sea fish from the family Opisthoproctidae, found in tropical to temperate waters across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. These unusual fish have distinctive, tubular eyes that can ...

Normally these bony fish are at home in the depths of the oceans and sightings are almost unheard of even though they live in almost all tropical ... due to their deep-sea habitat – they live ...

When deep-sea creatures emerge from the ocean, Mr. Frable said, they can remind people of the vastness of the planet’s biodiversity. After 20 years of studying fish, he said he still encountered ...

In their paper published in the journal ZooKeys, the group describes how they found multiple examples of the fish while on an expedition that involved exploring deep-sea coral reefs off the coast ...

SAN DIEGO — A rare oarfish washed ashore in Encinitas last week. This discovery marks the second time this year that one of these elusive deep-sea creatures has been found on our county's coastline.

A rare deep sea fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on a southern California shore. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, said one of ...