Tiefsee- und Meeresforschung

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Deepest ever fish caught on camera off Japan

Scientists have filmed a fish swimming at an extraordinary depth in the ocean, making it the deepest observation of this nature that has ever been made. The species - a type of snailfish of the genus Pseudoliparis - was filmed swimming at 8,336m (27,349ft).

It was filmed by an autonomous "lander" dropped into the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, south of Japan. The lead scientist said the snailfish could be at, or very close to, the maximum depth any fish can survive. [...] The University of Western Australia deep-sea scientist made a prediction 10 years ago that fish would likely be found as deep as 8,200m to 8,400m. A decade of investigations around the globe has confirmed this.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65148876

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