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Deepest fish ever

April 15 , 2023 462 days 388 0
  • Scientists have captured footage of a fish swimming more than 8 km underwater.
  • This setting is a new record for the deepest fish ever recorded.
  • The animal is an unknown snailfish species belonging to the genus Pseudoliparis.
  • It was filmed at a depth of 8,336 metres in the Izu-Ogasawara trench, south-east of Japan.
  • Scientists also caught two other snailfish, of the species Pseudoliparis belyaevi, in the Japan trench from a depth of 8,022 metres.
  • At 8,000 metres underwater, the pressure is 800 times greater than at the ocean surface.

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