disgusting top tier rat

lake inferior

lake normal

lake offtario

lake hurton

THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER RECORDED AN ANGLER FISH WITH IT'S LURE GLOWING ??? LIKE DOING IT'S THING WHILE ALIVE WHERE IT LIVES?!?! FIRST EVER IN SITU GLOWING ESCA SIGHTING?!? From TODAY?!?

This guy is specifically Ceratias uranoscopus and by "anglerfish" I mean specifically the classic black midwater anglers with the glowing lures (other kinds of anglers like the benthic ones with little feeties are common). live midwater anglerfish sightings during ROV and sub surveys are absurdly rare (I've been watching divestreams for like 10 years and have never seen any ever?!) and so we've never actually caught the glowing lure used before. They've been spotted alive before but weren't glowing. Note how it orients itself vertically in the water. Part of the reason for so little footage is that there are very few midwater ocean surveys done in total.

Full Dive Video: April 27th 2026 Schmidt Ocean Institute Divestream 920

Okay technically this is the exact first time it has been captured on film, from the previous day when it was on screen for half a second: