Rare Deep Sea Fish With Glass-Like Teeth Washes Up On California Beach

The ocean is full of mysterious creatures and recently, an "incredible deep-sea fish" with teeth as sharp as glass washed up ashore on a beach in California. The black fish was washed on the shore of Crystal Cove State Park's Marine Protected Area in Laguna Beach last Friday.

Crystal Cove State Park shared pictures and other details of the fish on Facebook. According to the post, it is most likely the Pacific Football Fish. The post added that the teeth are transparent like "pointed shards of glass."

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¡°Last Friday morning an incredible deep sea fish washed up on shore in Crystal Cove State Park¡¯s Marine Protected Area (MPA). There are more than 200 species of angler fish worldwide and this particular fish is most likely the Pacific Football Fish. Only females possess a long stalk on the head with bioluminescent tips used as a lure to entice prey in the darkness of waters as deep as 3,000 feet! Their teeth, like pointed shards of glass, are transparent and their large mouth is capable of sucking up and swallowing prey the size of their own body,¡± the post reads.

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Crystal Cove State Park added, ¡°Seeing this strange and fascinating fish is a testament to the diversity of marine life lurking below the water¡¯s surface in California¡¯s MPAs and as scientists continue to learn more about these deep-sea creatures it¡¯s important to reflect on how much is still to be learned from our wonderful ocean.¡±

¡°While females can reach lengths of 24 inches males only grow to be about an inch long and their sole purpose is to find a female and help her reproduce. Males latch onto the female with their teeth and become ¡°sexual parasites,¡± eventually coalescing with the female until nothing is left of their form but their testes for reproduction. Wild! To see an actual angler fish intact is very rare and it is unknown how or why the fish ended up on the shore,¡± the post continued.

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