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Marine biologists recently captured incredibly rare footage of a monstrous-looking fish dubbed the 'black demon' of the deep. The jaw-dropping encounter reportedly occurred last week as the conservation group Condrik Tenerif was studying sharks off the coast of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands. Their expedition took a surprising turn when they spotted a humpback anglerfish, which normally resides at depths of around 5,000 feet. Sharing the footage on social media, the group marveled that "this could be the first recorded sighting in the world of a black demon or adult abyssal (Melanocetus johnsonii) alive, in broad daylight and on the surface!"
Check out the mesmerizing footage and find out more on this story at the Coast to Coast AM website.