Ghost fish of the deep

摘要

On 17 January 1978, this tropical hatchetfish was minding its own business about 850 metres below the surf ace of the North Pacific Ocean when it was captured, killed and taken to become part of the Smithsonian Institution's fish collection. Now its portrait is part of the "X-ray Vision: Fish inside out" exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, which runs until 5 August.