Animals: Fishes - Peces - Pictures Strange Sea Species Found Off Greenland - Fotos de las especies extrañas de aguas encontradas en aguas de Groenlandia
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Alien of the Deep
Photograph courtesy Julius Nielsen, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Looking like a creature from the Alien movies, this nightmarish "longhead dreamer" anglerfish (Chaenophryne longiceps) was until recently an alien species to Greenland waters (map).
The dreamer, which grows to a not-so-monstrous 6.7 inches (17 centimeters) in length, is 1 of 38 fish species found around the Arctic island for the first time, according to a recent study led by biologist Peter Møller of the Natural History Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.
Ten of the species new to Greenland are new to science too. All 38 were discovered since the last such survey in 1992.
Rising ocean temperatures due to global warming—which could be drawing unfamiliar fishes to the region—and increased deep-sea fishing may be responsible for the spike in fresh fish faces seen off Greenland, according to the study, published in February in the journal Zootaxa. (Learn about global warming.)
James Owen
Published April 21, 2010
Photograph courtesy Julius Nielsen, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Looking like a creature from the Alien movies, this nightmarish "longhead dreamer" anglerfish (Chaenophryne longiceps) was until recently an alien species to Greenland waters (map).
The dreamer, which grows to a not-so-monstrous 6.7 inches (17 centimeters) in length, is 1 of 38 fish species found around the Arctic island for the first time, according to a recent study led by biologist Peter Møller of the Natural History Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.
Ten of the species new to Greenland are new to science too. All 38 were discovered since the last such survey in 1992.
Rising ocean temperatures due to global warming—which could be drawing unfamiliar fishes to the region—and increased deep-sea fishing may be responsible for the spike in fresh fish faces seen off Greenland, according to the study, published in February in the journal Zootaxa. (Learn about global warming.)
James Owen
Published April 21, 2010
Unexpected Shark Species
Photograph courtesy Henrik Carl, Natural History Museum of Denmark
This Portuguese dogfish is one of four such specimens found off Greenland since 2007. Listed as near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the deep-sea species native had previously been unknown in Greenland waters, the new report says.
Highlighted in the study as one of the most unexpected finds, the Portuguese dogfish usually dwells in more southerly waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
Commercial fishers catch the Portuguese dogfish both by accident and on purpose—generally for its liver oil, which is used in cosmetics.
(Related: "Sharks Killed for Oil Used in Swine Flu Vaccine.")
Published April 21, 2010
Photograph courtesy Henrik Carl, Natural History Museum of Denmark
This Portuguese dogfish is one of four such specimens found off Greenland since 2007. Listed as near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the deep-sea species native had previously been unknown in Greenland waters, the new report says.
Highlighted in the study as one of the most unexpected finds, the Portuguese dogfish usually dwells in more southerly waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
Commercial fishers catch the Portuguese dogfish both by accident and on purpose—generally for its liver oil, which is used in cosmetics.
(Related: "Sharks Killed for Oil Used in Swine Flu Vaccine.")
Published April 21, 2010
Female Anglerfish Catches Supper
Photograph courtesy Peter Rask Møller, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Scaly oddities trawled up from seas around Greenland since 1992 include the Atlantic football fish, a type of anglerfish that lures prey by waggling its fleshy "bait."
The stubby, deep-sea species belongs to an anglerfish group in which the males attach themselves to the much larger females like parasites. The tiny male—little more than a sperm donor—is nourished by the female until her eggs are fertilized.
Peter Møller, of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, said that recent catches of unusual deepwater fishes is linked to increased fishing activity by vessels seeking halibut.
(Related pictures: "Weird New Animals From Antarctica's Deep Seas.")
Published April 21, 2010
Photograph courtesy Peter Rask Møller, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Scaly oddities trawled up from seas around Greenland since 1992 include the Atlantic football fish, a type of anglerfish that lures prey by waggling its fleshy "bait."
The stubby, deep-sea species belongs to an anglerfish group in which the males attach themselves to the much larger females like parasites. The tiny male—little more than a sperm donor—is nourished by the female until her eggs are fertilized.
Peter Møller, of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, said that recent catches of unusual deepwater fishes is linked to increased fishing activity by vessels seeking halibut.
(Related pictures: "Weird New Animals From Antarctica's Deep Seas.")
Published April 21, 2010
New Shark Swimming off Greenland
Photograph courtesy Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
The Iceland catshark species, including this fish caught during the study period, is among several sharks recently found in Greenland waters for the first time.
The small shark has been found in other oceans at depths of between 2,645 to 4,625 feet (800 and 1,410 meters), where it feeds on fish, marine worms, and crustaceans such as lobster and crabs.
The recent discoveries of deep-dwelling species, such as the catshark, are probably due largely to an increase in deep-sea fishing around Greenland—and a resulting boom in odd, accidental catches—the survey team says.
Five of the 38 new-to-Greenland fish species are relatively shallow dwellers, though, and were likely lured into their new habitats by warming seas, the team says.
(Also see "New Species Pictures: Deep-Sea 'Jumbo Dumbo,' More.")
Published April 21, 2010
Photograph courtesy Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
The Iceland catshark species, including this fish caught during the study period, is among several sharks recently found in Greenland waters for the first time.
The small shark has been found in other oceans at depths of between 2,645 to 4,625 feet (800 and 1,410 meters), where it feeds on fish, marine worms, and crustaceans such as lobster and crabs.
The recent discoveries of deep-dwelling species, such as the catshark, are probably due largely to an increase in deep-sea fishing around Greenland—and a resulting boom in odd, accidental catches—the survey team says.
Five of the 38 new-to-Greenland fish species are relatively shallow dwellers, though, and were likely lured into their new habitats by warming seas, the team says.
(Also see "New Species Pictures: Deep-Sea 'Jumbo Dumbo,' More.")
Published April 21, 2010
Eat Me
Photograph courtesy Henrik Carl, Natural History Museum of Denmark
It may be unappetizing to look at, but this newly arrived species of anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius—that's "monkfish" to seafood fans—could prove a tasty addition to Greenland's fishery, according to study leader Peter Møller.
Though monkfish remain rare in Greenland, they appear to be taking advantage to the island's warmer sea temperatures—as are fellow relatively shallow-water species, including Mueller's pearlsides, whiting, blackbelly rosefish, and snake pipefish.
"Monkfish is so expensive and popular" that it stands out as a potential commercial species from all the other new fish recorded in the survey, Møller said.
(Related pictures: "Hard-to-See Sea Creatures Revealed.")
Published April 21, 2010
Photograph courtesy Henrik Carl, Natural History Museum of Denmark
It may be unappetizing to look at, but this newly arrived species of anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius—that's "monkfish" to seafood fans—could prove a tasty addition to Greenland's fishery, according to study leader Peter Møller.
Though monkfish remain rare in Greenland, they appear to be taking advantage to the island's warmer sea temperatures—as are fellow relatively shallow-water species, including Mueller's pearlsides, whiting, blackbelly rosefish, and snake pipefish.
"Monkfish is so expensive and popular" that it stands out as a potential commercial species from all the other new fish recorded in the survey, Møller said.
(Related pictures: "Hard-to-See Sea Creatures Revealed.")
Published April 21, 2010
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