--- title: Black Seadevil: Rare Angler Fish Caught on Film description: The 9-centimeter long Black Seadevil was caught on video last week by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. canonical: https://time.com/3601391/black-seadevil-video/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-23T17:45:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:18:20.738Z article:section: Science og:title: Black Seadevil: Rare Angler Fish Caught on Film og:description: Meet the Black Seadevil og:url: https://time.com/3601391/black-seadevil-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Black Seadevil: Rare Angler Fish Caught on Film twitter:description: Meet the Black Seadevil twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rare Deep-Sea Angler Fish Caught on Film  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 23, 2014 5:45 PM UTC  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 23, 2014 5:45 PM UTC Scientists caught a [rare glimpse of a elusive anglerfish](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/22/monterey-black-seadevil/19403905/) in the ocean depths during a recent exploration. The 9-centimeter long Black Seadevil, or _Melanocetus_, was caught on video in November by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California, _USA Today_ reports. Bruce Robison, a senior scientist at the institute, believes the footage is the first time a living fish was filmed at its depth of 600 meters. Researchers were exploring the Monterey Canyon, a part of the Pacific Ocean that’s as large as the Grand Canyon. “These are ambush predators,” Robison said of the fish, which has sharp teeth on the outside of its large jaw and uses a flashlight-like body part to attract prey. \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/22/monterey-black-seadevil/19403905/)\] _Read next:_ [_These Amazing Chemical Reactions Will Show You the True Beauty of Science_](http://time.com/3481898/amazing-chemical-reactions-true-beauty-of-science/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3601391/black-seadevil-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3601391/black-seadevil-video/"},"headline":"Rare Deep-Sea Angler Fish Caught on Film","datePublished":"2014-11-23T17:45:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:18:20.738Z","description":"Meet the Black Seadevil","url":"https://time.com/3601391/black-seadevil-video/","keywords":["animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3601391/black-seadevil-video/","name":"Rare Deep-Sea Angler Fish Caught on Film"}}]}] ```