By Sheetal Kumari | August 14, 2025
Get to Know the Darkest Creature on Earth Plunge deep to learn about the animal that takes in almost all the light—making it practically invisible in its world beneath the sea.
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Deep beneath sunlight’s penetration lives a fish blacker than dark—a near-invisible anglerfish due to its ultra-black coloration.
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Oneirodes anglerfishes are the record holders as the darkest creatures ever measured by science.
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Their skin only reflects 0.044% of light—ingesting 99.95%, due to thick layers of melanin-packed melanosomes.
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In the abyssal ocean, ultra-black coloration allows anglerfish to blend in from attacking prey that are capable of producing bioluminescent light.
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Their light-concealing skin renders them all but invisible, allowing them to ambush prey in total darkness.
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Get to Know the Darkest Creature on Earth Plunge deep to learn about the animal that takes in almost all the light—making it practically invisible in its world beneath the sea.
(Image: Canva)
Get to Know the Darkest Creature on Earth Plunge deep to learn about the animal that takes in almost all the light—making it practically invisible in its world beneath the sea.
(Image: Canva)
Whereas birds and butterflies employ black to find mates, anglerfish employ it to stay alive and remain concealed.
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Anglerfish skin is an evolutionary wonder—blacker-than-black, and as close to invisible as is possible in the darkness.
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