Spanish researchers recently shared images of a deep-sea anglerfish swimming horizontally in shallow waters, capturing a rare ...

Footage recorded of the rare fish shows the intricacies of its iridescent, ribbon-looking body and long, wispy red fins.

According to the organization, the fish is a so-called “black seadevil” known by its scientific name Melanocetus johnsonii. They typically swim between 650 and 6,500 feet below the ocean’s surface.

The scary-looking fish is usually to be found more than a mile below the surface, where little to no light penetrates.

Jara and his team were able to swim alongside and capture this rare sighting of the black seadevil, a species that usually inhabits the inky depths of the ocean ...

A deep-sea anglerfish, with its mouthful of sharp teeth, was spotted near the surface of the water near the Canary ... They typically swim between 650 and 6,500 feet below the ocean's surface.

A deep-sea anglerfish was recently spotted swimming in broad daylight in the Canary Islands. The sighting is rare as the fish typically stays in the depths of the ocean below the sunlight zone.