Malacosteus niger is one of two species of male dragonfish to reveal they grow larger eyes in order to seek out females in the deep ocean, a sexual dimorphism that makes the dragonfish an anomaly ...

On the freezing waves of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, researchers aboard the ARSV Laurence M. Gould dropped a trawling net into the water. They were hoping to catch zooplankton, but when ...

Dragonfish are opportunistic feeders, meaning they will eat whatever they can find.This feeding strategy is essential in the deep oceans, where food can be scarce. Environment Dragonfish are found ...

They have found a new species of Antarctic dragonfish in the peninsula, a new study published in the journal Zootaxa says. The dragonfish is called the Banded Dragonfish or Akarotaxis gouldae.