an incredible variety of shapes and types of certain fish is the result of their ubiquity, had an impact on the evolutionary development of these creatures.Fish live in the overgrown with aquatic vegetation, dams, and small puddles left after the rain and mountain streams with powerful currents, and in mountain lakes at an altitude of 600 meters above sea level, and at great depths, where water pressure can reach 1000 atmospheresand even in underground caves!
Evolution - a terrible thing!
Naturally, in the course of evolution, adapting to life in extreme and difficult conditions imposes a kind of imprint on the appearance of some fish.The worst of them are amazing and not only swim in underground caves, but at great depths.They are called "deep-sea fish-monsters."Lifestyle these creatures is markedly different from the lives of ordinary and familiar to our fishes.
Fish Crookshanks
One of the most neglected species of deep-sea fish is the so-called hiazmodon or black Crookshanks.Almost any book that describes these monsters, Crookshanks resembles boa swallowed an elephant.In fact, Crookshanks - it is the small size of the fish, its length rarely exceeds 15 centimeters.However, this does not prevent them to swallow their prey whole.These fish-monsters inhabit the great ocean depths - up to 750 m.
Their elongated and naked body with weak muscles and bones is quite soft black or brown, and the enormous mouth armed with sharp teeth and powerful, reminiscent of fangs.They are arranged in several rows at once (as in sharks).Probably do not need to remind you that the problem of power in deep-water conditions is very acute.To the competitors got nothing, Crookshanks adapted swallowing its victims instantly and without much thought.
Meshkoroty
no less original solve the problem of food at great depths have learned to other fish-monsters - meshkoroty.Scientists claim that their way of production of food was quite thorny: the evolution of these creatures turned into a huge mouth with unobtrusive appendage, which is the body.The most famous and recognizable view meshkorotovyh fish is a largemouth or pelikanovy eel.The length of the monster reaches 60 cm, 30% of which occur in very long and quite thin jaws, located at the mouth of a giant!
From the lower jaw continues straight down a very long and a large sip, stretch, like a sack.Visually it resembles a pelican throat pouch for largemouth that was nicknamed pelikanovym eel.In principle, the mechanism of action of such throats is identical with the action in bags pelican: they fall through all fish caught.This allows you and the fish, and poultry feed stock up for future use.Often largemouth fish swallows the prey exceeds its size doubled!
largemouth - is the true depth of the fish-monsters, because they live at a distance of 3000 meters under water!That is why the largemouth mere experiencing difficulties in nutrition: their pharyngeal bags rarely replenished delicious deep-sea fish and crustaceans.Therefore, they have to be content with everyone.According to legend, one caught largemouth in the pharyngeal pouch were found algae, pebbles and very little fishies.In the depths of the giant - up to 5000 meters - all can be found the so-called real meshkorotov, reaching a length of 1.84 meters!
Eyeless ipnopsy
What monsters, fish that live at great depths of the sea, different from the rest, not only big mouths, but also a kind of vision?Of course, ipnopsy!The fact that deep-sea monsters by any means necessary to solve the problems associated with poor visibility, or rather its absence at all.The above ipnopsy living at depths from 900 to 6000 meters, generally followed the path of least resistance, completely lost his sight.It is understandable why your eyes, if you still can not see anything around?According to the descriptions
ichthyologists and researchers from the team of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, eyes ipnopsov or absent altogether, or (which is very rare) are so tiny and hidden under the scales and skin, which generally does not perceive light.It should be noted that this finding did not suit the vast majority of in-depth monsters as vision in the lives of these creatures has continued and continues to play a major role.To see the conditions of constant darkness in, many of them need a special device, but this is - is another story.
legendary king of herring
Not so long ago, yet another discovery scientists ichthyologists were told the American television channel "Nat Geo Wild."Fish Monster, it turns out, are not only a big wide!The fact that researchers finally managed to capture on video the rare deep fish once strikes fear in sailors.Name it - herring king, or a belt-fish.She accidentally hit the lens of the camera, allowing zoologists from the University of Louisiana personally observe the legendary king of herring in its natural habitat.
unexpected "meeting»
So far, the belt-fish, which reaches 17 meters in length, could be seen, or dead, or dying at a time when she volunteered to float to the surface of the water.This is the first time that such legendary underwater monsters were not only visible to the entire scientific world community, but also recorded on video in what is called Life mode.According to the channel "Discovery", fish-monsters who are in the same family with the herring king, are found at depths up to 1500 meters.
Fish belt was spotted by researchers several years ago, when with the help of CCTV cameras, they inspected the rig in the Gulf of Mexico.However, declassified this unexpected "meeting" was not so long ago.The experts have told about it and the TV channel "BBC on-Sea."Professor Mark Benfield then shared his impressions: "We all think that this is a regular oil pipe.As we zoom in, we realized that this is not a pipe, but a real herring king! ".
Deep angler
These beings - are the real fish-monsters!Their second name - tseratsievidnye.They are the most studied of all the deep-sea fish, described in this article.Anglers belong to the suborder of the order of deep fish anglerfish and inhabit the water column throughout the oceans, ieeverywhere.Currently, ichthyologists described 11 families, which include nearly 120 species.Deep-sea anglers live at depths of up to 3,000 meters.From the other monsters they differ greatly spherical and laterally flattened shape of the body.Females have a so-called "bait."
famous "Fishing» anglers
«rod" - a modified ray of the dorsal fin, which is the "hallmark" of these creatures.Such a "fishing rod" plays the role of bait.At its end is the so-called esque - a small skin growths hanging over a huge mouth with needle-like teeth.Esca is filled with millions of different luminous bacteria.They serve as a lure for young and stupid fishes that, like moths to a light, floating toward her.Fish monsters with such "rods" are able to control the frequency and brightness of flares.This allows them to increase the effect produced on fooling the victim.
River fish monsters.Horrible tigerfish Goliath
It is remote and a rare relative of modern piranhas.However, piranhas, compared with this monster - tiny and harmless fish.Tigerfish Goliath was found and fished one of the popular American fishermen in the Congo River, Africa.This monster has 32 sharp, razor, teeth and is the most terrible of freshwater fish in the world!In addition, it is the largest and most deadly form of representing the family of piranhas.
sawfish
their second title - sawfish.They have a very long torso and selachians flat outgrowth of his own snout, framed on each side of the long teeth of the same size.Outwardly, this outgrowth resembles a saw, what they create and freshwater fish were dubbed-saws.In principle, pilorylovye not pose a serious danger to humans, but their appearance can scare even the most daring diver.And all because apparently they resemble exotic sharks.Nevertheless, shark, unlike fish saws are not found in freshwater.Remember this!
