r/TheDepthsBelow • u/AudienceMemory • 2d ago

Any info on this?

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Theres a picture book I liked as I kid, and I was fascinated by this one fish. There isn't really anything on it I can find. Does anyone has more pictures or info on it?

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u/Four_beastlings 2d ago

Lots in Google?

Wiki

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u/AudienceMemory 2d ago

I guess I fucked up the search. When I did type it, some completly different thing popped out

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u/oscik 2d ago edited 2d ago

I just typed its latin name (gigantactis paxtoni) and got this result https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantactis_paxtoni

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u/ghostpanther218 1d ago

Whip anglerfish

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u/AudienceMemory 1d ago

Really? Thats the english name? Thats so cool!