Idiacanthus antrostomus

Idiacanthus antrostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Stomiiformes
Family:	Stomiidae
Genus:	Idiacanthus
Species:	I. antrostomus
Binomial name
	Idiacanthus antrostomus; Gilbert, 1890

Idiacanthus antrostomus, also known as the Pacific blackdragon or black sea dragon,^[2] is a species of barbeled dragonfishes noted for having ultrablack skin, similar to pigments like Vantablack.

The fish has tightly packed melanosomes allowing its skin to absorb 99.95% of light of wavelengths common in its habitat.^[3]^[4]

It has been found at depths between 500 m (1,600 ft) and 2,000 m (6,600 ft)^[5] along the West Coast of the United States and in the Gulf of Mexico.^[3]^[6]

References[]

^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Idiacanthus antrostomus Gilbert, 1890".
^ "Nature Picture Library Black Sea Dragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus) fishing lure in front of mountain, attracts prey, deep sea - Norbert Wu". Nature Picture Library. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
^ ^a ^b "How some superblack fish disappear into the darkness of the deep sea". Science News. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
^ Davis, Alexander L.; Thomas, Kate N.; Goetz, Freya E.; Robison, Bruce H.; Johnsen, Sönke; Osborn, Karen J. (2020-09-07). "Ultra-black Camouflage in Deep-Sea Fishes". Current Biology. 30 (17): 3470–3476.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.044. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 32679102. S2CID 220575700.
^ Sutton, T.T., Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia:Fishes I-II Volume 4-5, Pages 421-430
^ Milkova, V. (August 2016). "Range Records for Ten Species of Stomiiform, Aulopiform, and Myctophiform Fishes in British Columbia, Canada". Northwestern Naturalist. 97 (2): 113–123. doi:10.1898/NWN15-11.1. ISSN 1051-1733. S2CID 88545210.

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[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Idiacanthus antrostomus Gilbert, 1890".

[2] "Nature Picture Library Black Sea Dragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus) fishing lure in front of mountain, attracts prey, deep sea - Norbert Wu". Nature Picture Library. Retrieved 2021-02-03.

[:0-3] "How some superblack fish disappear into the darkness of the deep sea". Science News. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2021-02-03.

[4] Davis, Alexander L.; Thomas, Kate N.; Goetz, Freya E.; Robison, Bruce H.; Johnsen, Sönke; Osborn, Karen J. (2020-09-07). "Ultra-black Camouflage in Deep-Sea Fishes". Current Biology. 30 (17): 3470–3476.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.044. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 32679102. S2CID 220575700.

[5] Sutton, T.T., Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia:Fishes I-II Volume 4-5, Pages 421-430

[6] Milkova, V. (August 2016). "Range Records for Ten Species of Stomiiform, Aulopiform, and Myctophiform Fishes in British Columbia, Canada". Northwestern Naturalist. 97 (2): 113–123. doi:10.1898/NWN15-11.1. ISSN 1051-1733. S2CID 88545210.

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