Scientists discovered and filmed a fish at a depth of more than 8 kilometers, setting a new record for deep-sea fish. The fish was discovered off the coast of Japan in the Izu-Ogasawara Channel on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean.
Here, scientists filmed an unknown species of Pseudoliparis, a variety of sea snail, at an incredible depth of 8,336 meters, surpassing the previous record of a fish found at a depth of 8,178 meters in the famous Mariana Trench.
According to Professor Alan Jamieson of the Minderoo-UAZ Center for Oceanographic Research, who led the expedition, the team concluded that the higher temperature in Izu-Ogasawara would allow the creatures to live at greater depths, so they decided to conduct a survey, reports Noi.md with reference to .
The team was right: they caught Pseudoliparis belyaevi at a depth of 8022 meters and filmed this species at a depth of 8336 meters.
It is interesting that it is the sea snails that have adapted to depths beyond the survival capacity of any other vertebrate, since they are usually not deep-dwelling species and live in shallow waters.
At these depths, these 20-25 cm long fish feed on small crustaceans, which, in turn, feed on the remains of food that fall to the depths after the death of surface water inhabitants.
