Unusual anglerfish glows with bioluminescent and fluorescent light

We already knew that anglerfish person light-generating bacteria successful their tissues – present it turns retired that 1 species, the Pacific footballfish, tin besides glow by fluorescing green

Life 12 January 2022

By Jake Buehler

The Pacific footballfish (Himantolophus sagamius)

William Ludt/Journal of Fish Biology

Deep-sea anglerfish illuminate their pitch-black location utilizing a lure that contains a colony of bioluminescent symbiotic bacteria, but present researchers person discovered that 1 anglerfish taxon creates a glow successful a second, unexpected way.

The Pacific footballfish (Himantolophus sagamius) tin besides biofluoresce, which means it absorbs 1 wavelength of airy and reflects it arsenic a antithetic colour. It is an quality seldom documented successful the ocean’s inky depths, and has ne'er been seen successful anglerfish before.

In May 2021, a dormant pistillate footballfish washed …