Fish living in the twilight zone not only form an important part of predators’ diets, including king penguins and seals, but also play a vital role in the ocean’s carbon cycle.
The twilight zone, also known as the disphotic zone, is a vital habitat for marine life. It is too dim for photosynthesis to occur but home to more fish than the rest of the ocean put together ...
Deep in the ocean's twilight zone, a creature with a remarkable adaptation thrives: the barreleye fish. This unusual fish possesses tubular eyes that can rotate upwards, allowing it to peer ...
Lantern-fish are small, bioluminescent – meaning ... They live between the surface and 1000m deep within the so-called “twilight zone”, and in the Southern Ocean, they are a major consumer ...
These squid had lanternfish in their stomachs – small fish that hide out in the gloom of the Twilight Zone – yet one of the most abundant fish in the ocean. A year and a half later ...