New Zealand: History & Natural History - The STOPLIGHT LOOSEJAW is a small, deep-sea dragonfish of the genus Malacosteus, classified either within the subfamily Malacosteinae of the family Stomiidae, or in the
![The Stoplight Loosejaw is a deep-sea predator that gets its name from the fact that its jaws are seemingly hinged in multiple places. : r/interestingasfuck The Stoplight Loosejaw is a deep-sea predator that gets its name from the fact that its jaws are seemingly hinged in multiple places. : r/interestingasfuck](https://i.redd.it/w304nf9z3w071.jpg)
The Stoplight Loosejaw is a deep-sea predator that gets its name from the fact that its jaws are seemingly hinged in multiple places. : r/interestingasfuck
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