Condrik Tenerife, a specialist in shark and ray research and conservation, was left stunned after spotting a deep-sea anglerfish in shallow waters off the coast of the Canary Islands.

While on a shark research expedition off the coast of Tenerife, marine biologists said they captured the first images of an adult black seadevil anglerfish alive near the ocean’s surface.

Marine researchers were out looking sharks off the Canary Islands when they found something quite unexpected -- a humpback angler fish known as a "black sea monster." It was the only known sighting of the deep-sea fish on the surface of the ocean.