°Malakos°
@malacosteus376.bsky.social
(he/him)
Absolute nerd obsessed with deep pelagic fishes (especially the Stomiidae)
Absolute nerd obsessed with deep pelagic fishes (especially the Stomiidae)
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For our final day of #25DaysOfFishmas, we're going full weird. Today's bizarre, lonely little fish is the needlebeard seadevil, Neoceratias spinifer. This prickly little lady is the only member of the family Neoceratiidae, nestling within the larger deep-sea anglefish order Ceratoidei.
December 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
For our final day of #25DaysOfFishmas, we're going full weird. Today's bizarre, lonely little fish is the needlebeard seadevil, Neoceratias spinifer. This prickly little lady is the only member of the family Neoceratiidae, nestling within the larger deep-sea anglefish order Ceratoidei.
Absolutely love this!!
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Absolutely love this!!
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ROV SuBastian pilots need raises because CAN YOU SEE IT?! ROV SuBastian in the eye of this Taningia! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
ROV SuBastian pilots need raises because CAN YOU SEE IT?! ROV SuBastian in the eye of this Taningia! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
Eh, they're not that terrifying, to me atleast, their jaws might look scary but they're too weak to actually do anything, plus, they look much better in life
This is a Loose Jaw. For a long time researchers thought the membrane on the bottom of its jaw was damaged in specimens but it turns out they don’t have a membrane there so they can snap the jaws faster. Nature is wild. This group is so fascinating and let’s face it, terrifying.
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Eh, they're not that terrifying, to me atleast, their jaws might look scary but they're too weak to actually do anything, plus, they look much better in life
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If you like midwater zooms as much as I do, check out the #designingthefuture2 expedition! Stomiidae from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 454 #MarineLife
October 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If you like midwater zooms as much as I do, check out the #designingthefuture2 expedition! Stomiidae from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 454 #MarineLife
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was randomly browsing r/megalophobia earlier only to see an image of stygiomedusa with a snorkeler at the surface, which is bonkers since it's a deep sea jelly. 🦑🧪
after a little digging, it came from this paper: doi.org/10.1590/S198...
about this observation:
www.instagram.com/p/BzlnDMxht0y
after a little digging, it came from this paper: doi.org/10.1590/S198...
about this observation:
www.instagram.com/p/BzlnDMxht0y
October 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
was randomly browsing r/megalophobia earlier only to see an image of stygiomedusa with a snorkeler at the surface, which is bonkers since it's a deep sea jelly. 🦑🧪
after a little digging, it came from this paper: doi.org/10.1590/S198...
about this observation:
www.instagram.com/p/BzlnDMxht0y
after a little digging, it came from this paper: doi.org/10.1590/S198...
about this observation:
www.instagram.com/p/BzlnDMxht0y
Stomiids don't honestly get enough credit for how pretty they actually are
Aristostomias is a gorgeous mesopelagic predator that, despite its fierce appearance, only reaches ~20cm in length. It uses light in a number of ways - the nearly ubiquitous counterilluminating camouflage, communication but, most importantly, to hunt! #25DaysOfFishmas
October 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Stomiids don't honestly get enough credit for how pretty they actually are
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Pelican eels are sweet little babies who inflate like balloons to capture tiny plankton. Gulper eels are eldritch predators which consume animals heavier than themselves and should've remained beyond the ken of man.
June 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Pelican eels are sweet little babies who inflate like balloons to capture tiny plankton. Gulper eels are eldritch predators which consume animals heavier than themselves and should've remained beyond the ken of man.
Super cool Ceratioid!,
Oneirodes?
Oneirodes?
Just returned from an incredible deep sea cruise with Dahiana Arcila and Ben Frable at Scripps - and we found a deep sea #anglerfish!!!!!!! 😱😱😱🤯🤯🤯
Dream come true since I was 6 years old 🥲. Stay tuned for more highlights of the catch (from a single midwater trawl at 600 m!).
🧪 #evo #evosky 🐟🐠
Dream come true since I was 6 years old 🥲. Stay tuned for more highlights of the catch (from a single midwater trawl at 600 m!).
🧪 #evo #evosky 🐟🐠
July 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Super cool Ceratioid!,
Oneirodes?
Oneirodes?
Lovely cryptopsaras and Photostomias
Critters from the deep sea never cease to amaze me! They really are "textbook exemplars" of adaptation. Lanternfish are, of course, the coolest--but other critters are neat too! 🧵(3/3)
July 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Lovely cryptopsaras and Photostomias
That opisthoproctus specimen is in incredible condition,
The dome is even still intact!
The dome is even still intact!
Open-access review of life in the deep-sea water-column, by me and Anela Choy...
Come learn how animals survive and thrive down in the depths of the ocean, how scientists study them, and what's to come. 🦑 🧪 🌊 www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Come learn how animals survive and thrive down in the depths of the ocean, how scientists study them, and what's to come. 🦑 🧪 🌊 www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1...
July 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
That opisthoproctus specimen is in incredible condition,
The dome is even still intact!
The dome is even still intact!