27 December 2014

"Deepest fish ever recorded" filmed in the Mariana Trench

An international team aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor set a new record for the deepest fish ever recorded at 8143m in the Mariana Trench. The fish is a completely unknown variety of snailfish with a translucent body, broad wing-like fins and an eel-like tail. 
Additional details at the Washington Post.

3 comments:

  1. Timmy CrabcakesDecember 27, 2014 at 3:16 PM

    beautiful and ghostly... small and fragile in an environment that would squash me like a bug.

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  2. Sybil AnnDecember 28, 2014 at 10:31 AM

    So flipping pretty

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  3. AaronDecember 29, 2014 at 10:28 AM

    It's clearly showing off for the camera.

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