Fish > Lophotidae & Crestfishes
The Unicorn Crestfish (Eumecichthys fiski) is one of the most bizarre and rarely observed inhabitants of the open ocean’s twilight zone. Belonging to the ribbonfish and oarfish order Lampriformes, this silver, eel-like pelagic swimmer is famous for an...
Fish > Giganturidae & Telescopefishes
The Telescopefish (Gigantura chuni) is an astonishing deep-sea predator inhabiting the bathypelagic and mesopelagic depths of tropical oceans worldwide. Named for its colossal, forward-directed tubular eyes that function like precision binoculars in the near-total...
Invertebrates > Octopuses & Incirrata
The Glass Octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) is an ethereal, nearly invisible cephalopod that drifts like a living phantom through the twilight and midnight zones of the world’s tropical oceans. Possessing an almost entirely transparent, gelatinous mantle and...
