{"id":30127,"date":"2025-02-14T01:23:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30127"},"modified":"2025-04-10T08:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T02:43:06","slug":"black-seadevil-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/black-seadevil-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Seadevil Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Black Seadevil Fish Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Researchers recently recorded the first-ever sighting of an adult abyssal anglerfish, also known as \u2018black demon fish\u2019 or \u2018black seadevil fish\u2019, in broad daylight.<\/p>\n<h2>About Black Seadevil Fish<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Black Seadevil Fish, also known as <strong>abyssal or humpback anglerfish<\/strong>, is a<strong> deep-sea fish<\/strong> known for its <strong>terrifying appearance <\/strong>and unique hunting adaptations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scientific Name: Melanocetus johnsonii<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It belongs to the <strong>anglerfish family<\/strong> (Melanocetidae).<\/li>\n<li>It is referred to as the black devil due to its<strong> dark colours, sinister-looking sharp teeth,<\/strong> and <strong>monstrous shape.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat<\/strong>: It is found in the <strong>deep ocean,<\/strong> often at depths exceeding 2,000 meters (6,600 feet). It <strong>prefers total darkness<\/strong> and high-pressure environments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>I<strong>UCN Red List: Least Concern<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Black Seadevil Fish Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It has a <strong>huge head, glassy fangs,<\/strong> and a <strong>body <\/strong>that <strong>can stretch to contain prey larger than the fish <\/strong>itself.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>lures other fish <\/strong>towards it <strong>with a \u201cfishing rod\u201d with a luminous lure<\/strong> on its nose.<\/li>\n<li>It has a <strong>gelatinous body<\/strong>, which helps it survive under extreme pressure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Black Seadevil Fish FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What does black seadevil eat?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Black Seadevil Anglerfish is a carnivorous predator that primarily feeds on small fish and invertebrates in the deep ocean.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Are Black Sea devils endangered?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. As of now, the Black Seadevil Anglerfish (<i>Melanocetus johnsonii<\/i>) is not classified as endangered or facing any immediate conservation threat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is an anglerfish?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. An anglerfish is a type of deep-sea fish known for its bioluminescent lure, which it uses to attract prey in the dark depths of the ocean.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/us\/black-demon-fish-captured-for-first-time-on-video-heres-what-it-looks-like\/articleshow\/118124434.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Seadevil Fish is a deep-sea fish known for its terrifying appearance and unique hunting adaptations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}