How does a angler fish catch its food?

Answer 1

The pectoral and pelvic fins are so articulated as to perform the functions of feet, so that the fish is able to walk along the bottom of the sea, where it generally hides itself in the sand or amongst seaweed. All round its head and also along the body the skin bears fringed appendages resembling short fronds of seaweed, a structure which, combined with the extraordinary faculty of assimilating the colour of the body to its surroundings, assists this fish greatly in camouflaging itself in the places which it selects on account of the abundance of prey.

The angler is believed to attract other fishes by means of its lure, and then to seize them with its enormous jaws. It is probable enough that smaller fish are attracted in this way, but experiments have shown that the action of the jaws is automatic and depends on contact of the prey with the tentacle. Its stomach is distensible to an extraordinary degree, and it is not unusual for the fish to swallow a prey nearly as large as itself.

Answer 2

Butterfly fish are small and can easily tuck themselves behind rocks or coral to hide from predators. Many species also have an "eye" on the tail, which confuses predators since they can't tell which end is the head and which is the tail.

Answer 3

They protect themselves by using their poisonous quill-like fins.

They have Dorsal spines on them which are highly venomous and break off into you and kill you for it is one of the most venomous fish on the sea floor. (its venomous not poisonous, they're both different, look them up!)

The lion fish has spined with a toxic substance on them and if you toutch them they break off and the poison enters your bloodstream and CAN kill you.

Answer 4

The viperfish swims towards its attackers at high speeds, and then attacks them with its needle-like teeth.

Answer 5

the angler fish has a fishing pole kind of apendage in front of its face. this attracts smaller fish at promise of food. As im sure you can guess they are the ones who become food

Answer 6

They use their light to attract other small fish and when they get close enough the angler fish eats it

Answer 7

Tangs have a spur near base of tail, in yellow tangs it is easily noticed because it is white on a all yellow body. They will swim next to a fish and stick the spur into the fish.

Answer 8

it uses the fin from the left