Oceanography
Deepest fish species discovered, equivalent to being crushed by 1,600 elephants
Scientists have filmed a snailfish of the genus Pseudoliparis swimming at unprecedented depths in the ocean, 8,336m below the surface.
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Animal world
Fish filled with antifreeze live under icebergs
Scientists drilled deep beneath an iceberg off the coast of Greenland and discovered fish with a green luminescent antifreeze flowing through its blood vessels.
Oceanography
The 'ghost' fish only lives at a depth of 7.5 km on the seabed, melting when ashore
Three new 'ghost' species are found at 7,500 meters deep in the seabed, in one of the deepest fissures in the Pacific.
Oceanography
The special body of fish lives at a depth of 8,178 meters
In a study published in Zootaxa magazine, Gerringer and colleagues describe the newly confirmed species of snail that lives at a depth of 8,178 meters in the Mariana Tre…
Oceanography
Japan found fish in the deep groove 8,188m under the sea
The Japan Ocean-Earth Science and Technology Agency (JAMSTEC) on August 24 announced the discovery of snailfish at a depth of 8,178 m under the Mariana ocean trench, acc…
Oceanography
The deepest fish in the world
Unidentified fish species have been discovered living at depths of more than 8,000m under the Pacific Ocean.