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Gone Fishing!Salt Water FishAquarium Fish: Reef FishSmall, brightly colored saltwater fish make popular andbeautiful aquarium denizens. The strip of stamps shows aview of the bottom of an aquarium filled with various reeffish, cleaner shrimp, anemones, starfish, coral, a hermit crab,a thermometer, and a heater/aerator.Deep Sea Creatures: Fanfin AnglerfishBetween 660 and 3,300 feet below the surface of the oceanis a diverse and little-known world filled with bizarrelooking creatures who live so far from the sun that plantlife cannot exist. They feed on one another and on decayingplant matter that drifts down from the sunlit zone. Onefascinating example is the fanfin anglerfish whose glowingfleshy lure is fueled by light-producing bacteria. This “lure”is actually an extension of the fish’s spine and can be madeto move as the spine flexes. Anglerfish are covered with longfin rays that help them sense movement in the water aroundthem. Tiny finger-tip sized males will attach themselves toa female by biting into her and gradually fusing with herbody.Deep Sea Creatures: FangtoothAnother denizen of the deep marine waters is the fangtoothfish, which can live at depths reaching 16,400 feet, making itone of the deepest-living fishes known. Photographs show afearsome creature whose a large mouth filled with very long,sharp teeth. In fact, its teeth are so long that it has evolvedspecial sockets around the brain to contain them. These arethe longest teeth, proportional to its size, among all fish.Despite their nightmarish appearance, they are both smalland solitary. There are only two species, both found in deeptropical waters, the 3-inch shorthorned fangtooth and the6-inch common fangtooth.
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