With a large, black body and a mouth full of fangs, it's no wonder this fish is known as the 'black ... of Tenerife and during one of our pelagic shark research campaigns, @laiavlr spotted this ...

The footage, captured in Spain's Canary Islands, shows the female fish, whose Latin name translates to "black sea monster," swimming through the light-filled ocean waters off the coast of Tenerife.

"This could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) ...

Researchers believe that they have recorded the first-ever sighting of an adult abyssal anglerfish, also known as ‘black demon fish’ or ... researchers were on a shark research trip.

A humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii)—a species known as a black seadevil—was spotted off the coast of Tenerife. This terrifying deep-sea fish is typically found at depths of 200 to ...

But now, at least one fearsome fish from the depths has made a surprise appearance a lot closer to the surface, where it was spotted and filmed late last month. A black seadevil anglerfish was ...

Laia Valor, a marine biologist with the NGO Condrik-Tenerife, was part of a shark ... black object that didn't resemble plastic. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was a Black Devil Fish ...

However, strikingly, this black devil fish was spotted "just 2 km from the coast of Tenerife and during one of our pelagic shark research campaigns," Boguna wrote in his Instagram post.