What is the internal anatomy of an anglerfish?

domini131: What is the internal anatomy of an anglerfish?
I have to do this project for school and i’ve been looking for the picture of the internal anatomy but its no where to be found. SOOOO please help me I’m desprete. PLease send pics to my email as soon as possible THANX

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Answer by brocky
‘Five of the 11 families of anglerfish exhibit sexual parasitism in which the much smaller males fuse for life with their mates by biting onto the sides, backs or bellies of a female. An attached male (2-8 in some species!) essentially turns the female into a hermaphrodite, providing her with the ability to reproduce while derives his nutrition from the female. The 6.2 mm male, for instance, has testes so huge they nearly fill his entire body cavity, crowding his other internal organs.’

Answer by spandey
adaptation in anglerfish is their sexual dimorphism. The males are very small in comparison with the females, and live as permanent parasites on the female. The male attaches himself, by biting, to the body of the female. His mouth fuses with her skin, and the bloodstreams of the two fishes become connected. The male is now totally dependent on the female for nourishment. In fact, the male begins to degenerate. His eyes grow smaller and he eventually loses them. His internal organs disappear.The male becomes simply a source of sperm.

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Answer by jamesilver69
we as humans still have yet to see the inner working of any deep sea fish because once do manage to catch one you have to take into consideration that they are adapted to living in that extreme pressure and if they were to ever come to the surface they may explode or something so i don’t think you will be receiving those pics any time soon