DeepestEver

Fish have been caught more than eight kilometres under the surface of the ocean for the first time ever — and filmed even deeper — by a joint Japanese-Australian scientific expedition.The expedition's chief scientist, Prof. Alan Jamieson, said on Monday that two snailfish were caught in traps set 8,022 metres underwater in the Japan Trench, south of Japan, during a two-month voyage by a team from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Tokyo University of Marine Science.The snailfish, of the Pseudoliparis…

Researchers using baited camera traps recorded an unknown species of snailfish more than 5 miles (8 kilometers) deep just off the coast of Japan. These are the deepest fish ever caught on film. Iceland’s Hottest Tourist DestinationA team with the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology and the University of Western Australia recently released the footage, which was collected in September 2022 in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, which is just south of Japan. Cameras captured the unknown snailfish that belongs to the…