Learn how through evolution, anglerfish developed a mating solution that helps them adapt to their extreme deep sea home.

A mile or more down in the lightless ocean, deep-sea anglerfish search for ... equipped to find each other. The male’s outsize nostrils pick up the female’s waterborne pheromones.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Krøyer’s deep-sea anglerfish, Ceratias holboelli, does not spawn, copulate, or do anything a fish would ordinarily do to mate. Instead, the ...

With its luminous dorsal spine, the anglerfish is well adapted ... Pairings of deep-sea male and female anglerfishes are rather unbalanced. While the female spends her life hunting, the male is at ...