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These were, at the time, the deepest living fish ever recorded on film. [3] The record was surpassed by a type of snailfish filmed at a depth of 8,145 m (26,700 ft) in December 2014, [ 4 ] and extended in May 2017 when another snailfish was filmed at a depth of 8,178 m (26,800 ft). [ 5 ]
An unknown snailfish species of the genus Pseudoliparis was filmed in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, south of Japan, at a depth of 8,336m during a two-month long expedition. ... The world's deepest ...
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The record was surpassed by snailfish filmed in the Mariana Trench at depths of 8,145 m (26,722 ft) in 2014 [19] and 8,178 m (26,831 ft) in 2017, [14] [20] and at 8,336 m (27,349 ft) in the Izu–Ogasawara Trench in 2023. [21] The species in these deepest records are unknown and may be undescribed, but have been referred to as "ethereal snailfish".
Only one other species of fish has been recorded from depths in excess of 8,000 m (26,000 ft), the so-called ethereal snailfish (living in the same region as Pseudoliparis swirei but somewhat deeper), but it has only been seen on film and remain undescribed. [6]
There are over 300 species of Snailfish. While many live in shallow waters (tidepools) and river estuaries, some have adapted to the cold water, as well as the high-pressure depths of the world's deepest trenches over 7,000m. [8] In general, the snailfish (notably genus Pseudoliparis) is the most common and dominant family in the hadal zone. [4]
On this dive, Prof. Michibayashi became the deepest-diving Japanese person in history. [4] Also in August 2022, the deepest fish ever recorded on camera was filmed in the trench, a juvenile snailfish, at a depth of 8,336 meters. [5] The xenophyophore Occultammina was first discovered at a depth of 8260 metres in the trench. [6]
Abyssobrotula galatheae is a species of cusk eel in the family Ophidiidae. [1] [3] It is the deepest-living fish known; one specimen, trawled from a depth of 8,370 m (27,460 ft) in the Puerto Rico Trench in 1970, holds the record for the deepest fish ever captured. [4]