Pacific Viperfish
The Pacific viperfish has jagged, needle like teeth so outsized it can't close its mouth.
They lure their prey with bioluminescent photophores on their bellies.
Vampire Squid
Vampire squid is an apt name for a creature that lurks in the lightless depths of the ocean.
These diminutive cephalopods navigate the blackness with eyes that are proportionately the largest of any animal on Earth.
Fangtooth Fish
Fangtooth fish reach only about six inches (16 centimeters) long, but their namesake teeth are the largest, proportionate to body size, of any fish.
Wolffish
The sinister-looking Atlantic wolffish makes its home in the rocky coastal depths up to 1,600 feet (500 meters) below. Reaching 5 feet (1.5 meters) long, wolffish have conspicuous dentition suited to a diet of hard-shelled mollusks, crabs, and sea urchins.
Frilled Shark
Humans rarely encounter frilled sharks, which prefer to remain in the oceans' depths, up to 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) below the surface. Considered living fossils, frilled sharks bear many physical characteristics of ancestors who swam the seas in the time of the dinosaurs.
Giant Spider Crab
Thought to be the largest arthropods on Earth, giant spider crabs spend their time foraging on the ocean floor up to a thousand feet (300 meters) deep. These rare, leggy behemoths, native to the waters off Japan, can measure up to 12 feet (3.7 meters) from claw tip to claw tip.
"National Geophrapic- Deep Sea Creature"
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