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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

(Gray News) – Researchers say they have captured the first images of an adult black seadevil ... were on a shark research expedition when they spotted the deep-sea fish alive near the ocean ...

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 ...

The footage shows the large-mouthed, many-toothed fish swimming toward daylight off the coast of the Spanish island of Tenerife. Researchers were on site for a Condrik Tenerife shark research ...