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Double anglerfish specimen photographed against a black background — Double anglerfish Diceratias pileatusUW 150017

Pacific footballfish specimen photographed against a black background — Pacific footballfish Himantolophus sagamiusLACM 60082-1

Ghostly seadevil specimen photographed against a black background — Ghostly seadevil Haplophryne mollisUW 157518

Orange frogfish photographed against a black background — Frogfish Antennarius commerson

Warty frogfish skeleton photographed against a black background — Warty frogfish Antennarius maculatusUW 020828

Blue-lit flatfish skeleton photographed against a black background — Ancylopsetta ommataKUI 22951

Bioluminescent Pacific footballfish lure against a black background — Pacific footballfish lure Himantolophus sagamiusLACM 60082-1

Fish skeleton and anatomical views against a black background — Anomalops katoptronYMP ICH 020676

Flatfish skeleton photographed against a black background — Ancylopsetta ommataKUI 22951

Fish skeleton shown from several anatomical views — Bellator militarisTCWC 6818.17

Circular seabat specimen photographed against a black background — Circular seabat Halieutaea fitzsimonsiLACM 44745-6

Orange frogfish photographed against a black background — Frogfish Antennarius commerson

Two fluorescent fish photographed against a black background

Fish specimen photographed against a black background

Three fluorescent fish specimens photographed against a black background

Preserved fish specimen photographed against a black background

Cleared and stained fish specimen on a white background

Fluorescent fish skeleton photographed against a black background

Small fish photographed underwater on a reef

Eel photographed underwater among reef growth

Small fish photographed against a black background

Fish specimen photographed against a black background

Close view of a fish head and teeth against a black background

Fish specimen viewed from above against a black background

Anatomical fish drawings on a white background

Fish skeleton and anatomical drawing on a white background

Red fish specimen photographed against a black background

Fluorescent fish specimen photographed against a black background

Fluorescent fish specimen photographed against a black background

Netdevil specimen photographed against a black background — Netdevil Borophryne apogonLACM 30053-10

Southern seadevil specimen photographed against a black background — Southern seadevil Ceratias tentaculatusLACM 11025-7

Cleared and stained fish specimen on a white background

Bioluminescent fish photographed in dark water

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© 2026 Alex J. Maile. This work and these photographs are licensed under CC BY NC ND 4.0