According to the organization, the fish is a so-called “black seadevil” known by its scientific name Melanocetus johnsonii. They typically swim between 650 and 6,500 feet below the ocean’s surface.
The scary-looking fish is usually to be found more than a mile below the surface, where little to no light penetrates.
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