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Behaviour
Drawings of a juvenile ragfish Icosteus aenigmaticus.
© Goode and Bean 1895
Juvenile ragfish are often sighted in association with jellyfish, which they use for shelter in the open ocean.
The adults are probably strong swimming ‘cruisers’, searching for food close to the bottom.
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