Ocean Regions: Blue Water - Deep Ocean

We don't know a lot about some of the unusual creatures that live in the deep. One such creature is the giant squid, which can grow to be over 60 feet (18 meters) long! Even more unusual is the oarfish, a long thin fish, which has only been seen by humans a few times. Anglerfish dwell far down in the darkness and have adapted to their environment by forming a glowing lure to attract smaller fish within reach of their huge toothy mouths. Lantern fish, gulpers (so named because of their gaping mouths), skates and shrimp are also found at great depths. The rare coelecanth, nearly unchanged from fossil remains millions of years old, was discovered by scientists off the southern coast of Africa in the late 1930s and has since been found in other corners of the Indian Ocean.