Longspine thornyhead
Sebastolobus altivelis
- On view
- Into the Deep
- Animal type
- Fishes
- Ecosystem
- Deep sea
- Relatives
- Rockfishes, rockcods, and thornyheads; Family: Sebastidae
- Diet
- Brittle stars, crustaceans, fish, bivalves, polychaete worms
- Range
- From 660 to 5,900 ft. (200 to 1,800 m) in the northeastern Pacific Ocean
- Size
- Up to 15.6 inches (39 cm) in length
Meet the longspine thornyhead
How do fish like this survive deep-sea pressure? Air compresses under pressure, but water doesn't. The bodies of these fish are mostly water with no air spaces like lungs or a swim bladder.
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