June 19 · 38 minPRESSURISED: 069 – The Anglerfish Files
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 69. Just the science, none of the chit-chat.
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Episode Summary
This month on the Deep-Sea Podcast we are honored to host a 3 expert superfan session for one of our favorite little devils of the deep- Anglerfish. Join Thom as he chats with James Maclaine Senior fish curator at the Natural History Museum London and our own Andrew Stewart, curator of fishes at Te Papa, all about some of their favorite fishes, the ceratioid anglerfish (Ceratioidei) or deep-sea anglerfish.
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In this episode…
Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
This month Alan has been working on getting a Nova Canton Trough organism menu prepared while Thom has been appearing on and hosting numerous podcast episodes while planning a workshop, fostering kittens and taking a good look at the newest snailfish.
For our interview we are honored to host a three expert superfan session for one of our favorite little devils of the deep- Anglerfish. Join Thom as he chats with James Maclaine Senior fish curator at the Natural History Museum London and our own Andrew Stewart, curator of fishes at Te Papa get together about some of their favorite fishes, the ceratioid anglerfish or deep-sea anglerfish.
Listen-in to back-stage fish curator chat all about the wide variety of Anglerfish shapes and sizes, lures and lights, feeding preferences, reproduction habits, feminist archetypes, game show personalities, and a memorable experience of "pass the football fish". Including Vantablack, pharyngeal teeth, Dreamers, Wonderfish, sideways anuses, love bites, and an epic battle resulting in both combatants being “locked together in death”, this episode will scratch your Anglerfish itch in the most satisfying way.
We also hear from friend of the show Kat Bolstad with her professional opinion on the recently released giant cretaceous octopus paper, and Kat gives a lovely reading from Prema Arasu’s new book of poetry titled Vampire Squid.
In the news, get ready for updates on:
The largest sponge ever found
A thousand year coral crisis
Mystery of the golden orb revealed
Which fish is diving into the exit end of a manta-ray
Who is eating the English coast octopus bloom
And real life Goblins
Discord update
Silk glands
Behind the scenes fish curator photos
Fossil hunts and Trawling adventures
Alvin Submersible internship
Wellington Board Game Festival in-person interview
Merch from our friends, terrible Ai photos, new tattoos and more!
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References
Appearances and Collaborations
Reef Chats: Ocean Art & Science Conversations | Moku Art Studio
Atacama Trench Snailfishes VS Abyssal Plains Assfishes! On Fish of the Week Podcast with Dr. Thom Linley
Guest Speaker Links
Giant, kraken-like octopuses may have ruled the Cretaceous deep
Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans | Science
Vampire Squid - Fremantle Press
Deep-Sea News
Lost millennium of Galápagos deep-sea corals linked to major Pacific climate shift
A millennium of cold-water coral habitat loss in the East Pacific during low ENSO variability in the mid- to late Holocene | PNAS
Record-Breaking Deep-Sea ‘Ocean Monster’ the Size of a Car Stuns Scientists off Hawaii (Video)
Drapery and the secret history of painting
Scientists reveal identity of mysterious ‘golden orb’ collected during NOAA expedition | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mitogenomics suggests a sister relationship of Relicanthus daphneae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: incerti ordinis) with Actiniaria | Scientific Reports
Mystery Marine Organism Classified as Sea Anemone | AMNH
Hiding in Plain Sight: Evidence of Echeneidae Cloacal and Gill Diving Behavior in Manta Ray Hosts - Yeager - 2026 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library
Sucker fish are hiding in manta rays’ ‘butthole,’ new study reveals | Scientific American
Octopus influx keeping deep sea dolphins inshore for longer
Future rare octopus blooms 'likely' in UK seas
First in situ observations of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni - Judah - Journal of Fish Biology - Wiley Online Library
Discord Updates
https://mateblog.unols.org/author/kencsukas/
Inside the Sub That Reached Earth's Deepest Point | Bathyscaphe Trieste
Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop!
Through the Darkening Sea
Interview Links
Oceanic Anglerfishes: Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea
Lasiognathus - Wikipedia
Caulophryne polynema - Wikipedia
Gigantactis - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_seadevil
Credits
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Logo image: Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
