On a planet inhabited by many predators, including among fish.Black Dragon, photo which you can see in this article, is striking in its ferocity.Fish these, though small, but very rare.To meet them is not so easy, because they live in the water column to a depth of two kilometers.Learning they were not a very long time, since before the equipment is not allowed.
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Black Dragon - deep-sea species, it is found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans.This fish from the family Idiakantovye.She adapted to life on the ocean floor.These dragons live at depths of 1,000 to 2,000 meters.This predator has several varieties, but they are similar in appearance.
What is the Black Dragon
name your fish received for jet black color and very sharp teeth.Her body is long and narrow.Black Dragon Scales as such is absent.Despite its small size, it is a very fierce predator.The average of their length - 16 cm, the maximum - 50-60 cm. Whelps though these are small, but very aggressive.
Under the eyes of the dragon there is a small red light source.It perfectly covers the fish way and at the same time remain invisible to many inhabitants of the deep.Just past the eyes are unable to capture this radiation.
These fish have a relatively large head and jaws with sharp teeth.On the chin has a long mustache, and its tip is "fishing lures" - photophores.Dragon saw the victim, he starts waving and flashing.She was unaware of the predator, calmly swims and turns in the mouth.All the male body Black Dragon also strewn with photophores that it attracts the female during mating.
Why fish glow
Many deep-sea inhabitants use bioluminescence, no exception is fish and black dragon.Simply put, they have a special body called photophores.It is thanks to him and made light.Thanks Photophores they not only lure prey and mate, but also uses it to communicate with other inhabitants of the underwater depths.
Males dragons
They are significantly different from females.Fish, Black Dragon, a male, has very few teeth.Besides size of the latter in two times less than in females.They have no mustache and distinctive color.But well-developed photophores, the third head.Reaching sexual maturity, males almost stopped eating, their gut begins to atrophy, and they are just drifting in the water.At this point they are engaged only in the fact that trying to attract females to mate.After a successful "marriage" masculine individuals live only two weeks and die.
Fish Black Dragon: female
They are not only much larger than males, and may even grow to half a meter.Females are just considered a predator, because the curves are planted with sharp teeth fall.Canines are so large that the fish's jaw is not closed.Throughout the body of females, too scattered purple and gold photophores.Distinguished by their way of life.During the day they adhere to the depth.A nightfall, unlike males raised closer to the surface in search of food.Due to the structure of the jaw and very elastic and well sprawling stomach, they can be swallowed whole lot more even fish themselves.
Larvae Black Dragon
They are very interesting and unusual.Fish, Black Dragon, as fry, up to 3 cm in length, with both sexes look alike.You can distinguish between them in the last stage of growing up.Because of otherness fry them on adults for a long time considered a separate species of deep-sea fish.What is not surprising, as the inhabitants of the ocean to study hard enough.Before maturation, this fish pass a stage of metamorphosis and transformation.
