Idiacanthus antrostomus

Short description: Species of barbeled dragonfishes

Idiacanthus antrostomus

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Stomiiformes
Family:  | Stomiidae
Genus:  | Idiacanthus
Species:  |

I. antrostomus

Binomial name
Idiacanthus antrostomus

Gilbert, 1890[1]

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

1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Idiacanthus antrostomus Gilbert, 1890". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275151.
2. ↑ "Nature Picture Library Black Sea Dragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus) fishing lure in front of mountain, attracts prey, deep sea - Norbert Wu" (in en). https://www.naturepl.com/stock-photo-idiacanthus-antrostomus-nature-image00135232.html.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "How some superblack fish disappear into the darkness of the deep sea" (in en-US). 2020-07-16. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ultrablack-fish-pacific-blackdragon-light-absorption.
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" (in English). Current Biology 30 (17): 3470–3476.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.044. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 32679102.
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. https://bioone.org/journals/northwestern-naturalist/volume-97/issue-2/NWN15-11.1/Range-Records-for-Ten-Species-of-Stomiiform-Aulopiform-and-Myctophiform/10.1898/NWN15-11.1.full.

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