Anglerfish and the L Word

This is something I never knew earlier.
When a male anglerfish matures, its digestive system decomposes.
The male anglerfish, which is much more diminished in size than its female counterpart, faces a great deal of adversities such as not being able to feed itself up till the point it mates, when it attaches itself to the more superior female anglerfish; mouth first, its forepart dissolving whereby a fusion between the two causes the sharing of the bloodstream. The rear end of the male then juts out of the female's side.
Female anglerfish are found to several males dangling off of them.

Visual references:

Female angler fish with two parasitic males on its back: 

http://www.art.com/products/p14294501-sa-i2914132/clive-bromhall-angler-fish-female-with-2-parasitic-males-on-back-uk.htm

Female and male soft Leafvent Anglers: 

http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Female-and-male-Soft-Leafvent-Anglers

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