Tag: blackwater photography


  • Night Divers Reveal New Symbiosis: Juvenile Fish Carry Stinging Anemones in Their Mouths

    Night Divers Reveal New Symbiosis: Juvenile Fish Carry Stinging Anemones in Their Mouths

    Unveiling a surprising underwater partnership In a striking discovery reported in the Journal of Fish Biology, researchers document a previously unknown relationship between juvenile fish and stinging sea anemones. Through blackwater photography — a night-time open-ocean technique that captures life in near-total darkness — divers photographed several species of young fish carrying larval anemones in…

  • Night divers reveal fish carrying stinging anemones in their mouths

    Night divers reveal fish carrying stinging anemones in their mouths

    Unveiling a Hidden Ocean Alliance In the realm beneath the waves, science is always ready to redefine what we think we know about animal relationships. A striking new line of evidence from blackwater night dives shows several species of juvenile fish actively carrying larval stinging sea anemones in their mouths. Documented in the Journal of…