Beam us up Jérôme

June 12, 2017

Chauliodus viper fish
The viperfish, a creature of the twilight zone, uses bioluminescence to attract food into its mouth. Image: Jérôme Mallefet
Jerome Mallefet

Crustaceans beware when the dragon fish shines its red light of death upon you

May 18, 2017

A dragon fish fluorescing under different lights
A dragon fish, Idiacanthus atlanticus, caught at 1500 metre depths, photographed fluorescing in response to different coloured lighting. Images: Jérôme Mallefet 
Scientist Jerome Mellefet sorting samples
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