Watch fish curator James Maclaine get up close ... in appearance between sexes - is only evident in deep-sea anglerfish species. In other anglerfishes, the male is closer in size to the female and ...

They look incredibly odd compared to the fish ... A female anglerfish — the larger specimens with flashy “bait” appendages and bulky bodies — was observed being courted by her male suitor ...

These fish have never before been ... usually reaching a length of only 3cm. A male anglerfish spends the first part of his life searching for a female to whom he will then attach himself.

Krøyer’s deep-sea anglerfish, Ceratias holboelli, does not spawn, copulate, or do anything a fish would ordinarily do to mate. Instead, the male—just a few inches long—clasps onto the comparatively ...

If there truly are plenty of fish in the sea ... the parasitic mating ritual between a tiny male anglerfish and his much larger female host has been captured on video. "It's so difficult to ...