There's nothing wrong with this upside down anglerfish. That's just how they swim
In 1999, researchers captured the first confirmed footage of a deepsea anglerfish — bobbing around belly-up just above the ocean’s floor. Now, more than two decades later, scientists can say for certain the phenomenon goes beyond "one wonky fish."
![There's nothing wrong with this upside down anglerfish. That's just how they swim](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7041190.1701110629!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/upside-down-whipnose-anglerfish.jpg)
![A deepsea whipnose anglerfish was filmed swimming upside down in Bremer Canyon, Western Australia, in 2020. A long gray and pink fish swims upside down, its head pointing downward, with a skinny appendage producing from its nose.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7041190.1701110629!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/upside-down-whipnose-anglerfish.jpg)
In 1999, researchers captured the first confirmed footage of a deepsea anglerfish — bobbing around belly-up just above the ocean’s floor. Now, more than two decades later, scientists can say for certain the phenomenon goes beyond "one wonky fish."