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Gauzy Spectacle
The monkfish , or goosefish , lays its orchis in the human body a caul that can be up to 60 feet long .
Egg Veil
Sometimes , the egg veil is described as being as standardized to bubble wrap . Each veil the monkfish lay is dotted with about a million eggs .
Ethereal Eggs
This ballock veil was repose by a distaff anglerfish on display at the New England Aquarium in Boston on Sept. 23 . The bottom - feeding Pisces can be spotted in the sand , underneath its ethereal creation .
Monkfish Egg Veil
Typically , fertilization results in just 6 or 7 progeny , say aquarist Bill Murphy of the New England Aquarium .
Beast Behind the Beauty
This is the angler fish that make the incredible eggs velum .
