Sternoptyx pseudobscura,a deep sea hatchetfish,has photophores along the lower side of its body. These produce a dim blue light. A predator looking upward from below might see the fish silhouetted by the dim light from the ocean's surface but the counterillumination conceals the fish. This individual was captured in a trawl between 450 and 600 meters depth in the Gulf of Mexico,2007 | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Fenolio, Dante |
Taille de l’image : | 2483 px × 3735 px |
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