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Alien of the Deep

Looking like a creature from the Alien movies, this nightmarish "longhead dreamer" anglerfish (Chaenophryne longiceps) was until recently an alien species to Greenland waters (map).

Unexpected Shark Species

This Portuguese dogfish is one of four such specimens found off Greenland since 2007. Listed as near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the deep-sea species native had previously been unknown in Greenland waters, the new report says.

Double-Baited Anglerfish

Anglerfish species new to Greenland include the peculiarly appendaged Linophryne bicornis, such as this specimen hauled up from a depth of 4,685 feet (1,428 meters) in 2009. Anglerfish typically sport long protuberances, which can be waggled to lure other fish close enough to be swallowed whole.

Female Anglerfish Catches Supper

Scaly oddities trawled up from seas around Greenland since 1992 include the Atlantic football fish, a type of anglerfish that lures prey by waggling its fleshy "bait."

Icy Stare

The Mediterranean grenadier, or rattail (pictured with a gape-mouthed expression) was first spotted around Greenland in 1998, the new report says. Most of the new-to-Greenland deepwater species reported in the survey, such as this grenadier, are of little commercial value.

Lophius piscatorius

Though monkfish remain rare in Greenland, they appear to be taking advantage to the island's warmer sea temperatures—as are fellow relatively shallow-water species, including Mueller's pearlsides, whiting, blackbelly rosefish, and snake pipefish."Monkfish is so expensive and popular" that it stands out as a potential commercial species from all the other new fish recorded in the survey

New Shark Swimming off Greenland

The Iceland catshark species, including this fish caught during the study period, is among several sharks recently found in Greenland waters for the first time.

"Swallower" From the Abyss

Chiasmodon harteli belongs to a group of fishes known as swallowers because of their ability to swallow prey larger than themselves (pictured, a preserved specimen, its stomach apparently hyperextended). It's also among the 38 species never before seen off Greenland.