Idiacanthus antrostomus

Idiacanthus antrostomus, also known as the Pacific blackdragon or black sea dragon,[2] is a species of barbeled dragonfishes noted for having ultrablack skin, similar to pigments like Vantablack.

Idiacanthus antrostomus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Stomiidae
Genus: Idiacanthus
Species:
I. antrostomus
Binomial name
Idiacanthus antrostomus

The fish has tightly packed melanosomes allowing its skin to absorb 99.95% of light of wavelengths common in its habitat.[3][4]

It has been found at depths between 500 m (1,600 ft) and 2,000 m (6,600 ft)[5] along the West Coast of the United States and in the Gulf of Mexico.[3][6]

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Idiacanthus antrostomus Gilbert, 1890".
  2. "Nature Picture Library Black Sea Dragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus) fishing lure in front of mountain, attracts prey, deep sea - Norbert Wu". Nature Picture Library. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. "How some superblack fish disappear into the darkness of the deep sea". Science News. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  4. Davis, Alexander L.; Thomas, Kate N.; Goetz, Freya E.; Robison, Bruce H.; Johnsen, Sönke; Osborn, Karen J. (2020-09-07). "Ultra-black Camouflage in Deep-Sea Fishes". Current Biology. 30 (17): 3470–3476.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.044. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 32679102. S2CID 220575700.
  5. Sutton, T.T., Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia:Fishes I-II Volume 4-5, Pages 421-430
  6. Milkova, V. (August 2016). "Range Records for Ten Species of Stomiiform, Aulopiform, and Myctophiform Fishes in British Columbia, Canada". Northwestern Naturalist. 97 (2): 113–123. doi:10.1898/NWN15-11.1. ISSN 1051-1733. S2CID 88545210.


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