David Shale / Close up of head of Scaly dragonfish {Stomias boa} showing lure, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, depth 75-0m

Michel Roggo / Soufie (Leuciscus souffia muticellus) Italian subspecies, Europe

Michel Roggo / Soufie (Leuciscus souffia agassizi) Danube basin subspecies, Europe

Tim Laman / Gurnard Lionfish (Parapterois heterura) on a sandy seabed, Bali, Indonesia.

David Shale / Snailfish {Liparidse}, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Snailfish {Liparidse}, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Scaly dragonfish {Stomias boa} having swallowed a Lanternfish {Myctophidae} almost as large as itself, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

David Shale / Scaly dragonfish {Stomias boa}, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, depth 75-0m

David Shale / Scaly dragonfish {Stomias boa}, from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, depth 75-0m

David Shale / Norway Pout {Trisopterus esmarkii} deepsea, pelagic, 2382m, Barents sea, Northern Europe

David Shale / Norway Pout {Trisopterus esmarkii} deepsea, pelagic, 2382m, Barents sea, Northern Europe

Nature Production / Eggs of Oily shiner fish {Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus} in the mantle of a bivalve mollusc, captive