Deep-Sea Creatures! It’s interesting to discover the deep ocean. In this lesson, you will learn a list of names of deep sea creatures in English with ESL picture and example sentences.
Table of Contents
Deep Sea Creatures
List of Deep Sea Creatures
- Dragonfish
- Big red jellyfish
- Blobfish
- Giant squid
- Frilled shark
- Coffinfish
- Stargazer
- Sperm whale
- Viperfish
- Hagfish
- Lanternfish
- Sixgill shark
- Octopus
- Dolphin
- Lobster
- Stingray
- Giant isopod
- Leafy sea dragon
- Chambered nautilus
- Pigfish
- Chimaera
- Great hammerhead shark
- Anglerfish
- Atlantic wolffish
- Amphipod
- Dumbo octopus
- Barreleye
- Blue ringed octopus
Deep Sea Creatures with Examples
Learn names of deep sea creatures in English with example sentences.
- Dragonfish
Dragonfish, also called sea moth, any of about five species of small marine fishes comprising the family Pegasidae and the order Pegasiformes.
- Big red jellyfish
Tiburonia granrojo or Big Red Jellyfish is one of the largest sea jellies and unusual in a number of ways. T
- Blobfish
Psychrolutes marcidus, the smooth-head blobfish, also known simply as blobfish, is a deep sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae.
- Giant squid
It is a giant squid, its long tentacles twisting about like huge snakes.
- Frilled shark
The frilled shark and the southern African frilled shark are the two extant species of shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae.
- Coffinfish
The coffinfish is a species of sea toad of the family Chaunacidae
- Stargazer
The stargazers are a family, Uranoscopidae, of perciform fish that have eyes on top of their heads (hence the name).
- Sperm whale
A whale is killed-a great sperm whale.
- Viperfish
The Pacific viperfish has jagged, needlelike teeth so outsized it can’t close its mouth.
- Hagfish
The Pacific Ocean Hagfish has a disgusting way of defending itself.
- Lanternfish
Lanternfishes are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae.
- Sixgill shark
The bluntnose sixgill shark, often simply called the cow shark, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to 20 ft in length.
- Octopus
Have you ever tasted octopus?
- Dolphin
The dolphin had become entangled in/with the fishing nets.
- Lobster
Now, consider shrimp, lobster, anchovy, mussel, oyster.
- Stingray
The greatest threat to humans comes from the stingrays, large flatfish that lie inconspicuously on the seabed in shallow waters.
- Chimaera
Chimaera is closely related to sharks, skates and rays.
- Leafy sea dragon
Endemic to the waters off south and east Australia, leafy sea dragons are closely related to seahorses and pipefish.
- Chambered nautilus
The chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius, also called the pearly nautilus, is the best-known species of nautilus.
- Pigfish
Pigfish are characterized by irregular barring on the cheeks, a mottled appearance, or indistinct, irregular vertical bars.
- Giant isopod
Related to shrimp and crabs, the giant isopod is a deep-sea crustacean that makes its home on the ocean floor.
- Great hammerhead shark
The great hammerhead is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m and reaching a maximum length of 6.1 m.
- Stargazer fish
The stargazers are a family, Uranoscopidae, of perciform fish that have eyes on top of their heads.
- Atlantic wolffish
The Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus), also known as the seawolf, Atlantic catfish, ocean catfish, devil fish, wolf eel (the common name for its Pacific relative), woof or sea cat, is a marine fish of the wolffish family Anarhichadidae, native to the North Atlantic Ocean.
- Amphipod
Amphipods range in size from 1 to 340 millimetres and are mostly detritivores or scavengers.
- Dumbo octopus
Grimpoteuthis is a genus of pelagic umbrella octopuses known as the dumbo octopuses.
- Barreleye
Barreleyes typically live near the depth where sunlight from the surface fades to complete blackness.
- Blue ringed octopus
Blue-ringed octopuses, comprising the genus Hapalochlaena, are four highly venomous species of octopus that are found in tide pools and coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans, from Japan to Australia.
animal person
Tuesday 25th of October 2022
some of these are tropical/reef fish :\
Julian Osman
Sunday 23rd of May 2021
this is the best whhoooooo
emistar
Sunday 20th of December 2020
I really liked this page although there are some common things that should be replaced with new discoverys and non-common animals.