A big, beautiful, bebeh whalefish, drifting with the plankton over the nighttime abyss.
Body without the crazy “tapetail” is ~6cm
#whalefish #tapetail #deepseafish #deepwater #deepsea #deepseacreatures #larvalfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
Freaky fishies & other gooey things from 15-17May2024.
1 & 2) two different species of #dragonfish
3) #anglerfish
4) male #nautilus #octopus riding a salp
5) #phronima in a #salp
6) #scaleworm
7) #whalefish
#larvalfish #deepseafish #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
Whalefish are often called tapetails when in their larval stage. This one’s tail was ~4x its 1.5” body length.
#whalefish #tapetail #cetomimidae #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #ditropichthysstoreri #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
