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Joel Kontinen
The deep sea is full of wonders. (See examples here and here.)
It looks like an eel,(which is a living fossil), but it isn’t. The blue dragon fish is small, weighing circa 2–50 cm (0.8 –20 inches).
They don’t like the surf; they usually are found at a dept of 1,500 metres in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans. they visualise their prey with the help of glowing barbels.
A Barbel ”is a slender, whiskerlike sensory organ near the mouth.” It known to migrate vertically whilst capturing its prey.
Everything the Lord made beautiful.
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Dragon Fish Facts no date Dragon Fish Diet & Habitat.