Black dragon fish spend their whole lives in the deepest parts of the ocean. They live 1,000 to 3,000 meters below the sea. Do you want to know more facts about dragon fish? Then, these interesting fish facts are for you featuring black dragon fish!

 

  • Black dragon fish are predators who feed on other types of fish. They trap their preys by emitting light from their bodies, which then attracts the prey. Once the prey moves close enough the dragon fish attacks it using its fangs.

 

  • This species of fish may be long and thin, but they compensate with very large teeth, besides their ability to emit light.

 

  • Black dragon fish are sexually dimorphic, meaning that females and males look different. The females are bigger – actually ten times bigger – and more aggressive than males. Female Dragon fish have small eyes and long fangs for getting hold of her prey. Further, females are black but males are brown.

 

  • Unique are the Larval Black Dragon fish, which are almost transparent, with eyes at the end of two long stalks of flesh extending from their bodies.

 

  • Light emitted by this marine fish is not very easy for humans to detect because it has such a long wavelength almost like infra red light.

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