nuisance animal problems
"Swallower" From the Abyss
Photograph courtesy Henrik Carl, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Chiasmodon harteli belongs to a group of fishes known as swallowers because of their ability to swallow prey larger than themselves (pictured, a preserved specimen, its stomach apparently hyperextended). It's also among the 38 species never before seen off Greenland.
Hundreds of yards above Chiasmodon harteli's deep habitat, Greenland has been extensively fished for more than a century.
At these shallower depths, it's reasonable to assume that "any unknown species of fish occurring in today's catches are in fact new in the area," the study team writes.
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