Beware this black dragonfish (Idiacanthus antrostomus), which uses a phosphorescent lure to attract its prey. The image is taken from Creatures of the Deep: In Search of the Sea's “Monsters” and the World They Live In by Erich Hoyt (Firefly, $40). The book explores the domain far below the waves and reveals that monsters “are alive and well and living in the deep”.
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Monstrous manifestations. Nature 415, 20 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/415020b
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