Australian and Japanese scientists discovered pieces that inhabit one record depth of over 8 thousand 300 meters, and filmed a documentary, the University of Western Australia said in a statement.
During the expedition that began in August 2022, scientists set up video cameras with decoys at the deepest sites in the north of the Pacific Ocean.
“In the pit of Izu-Ogasawarasouth of Japan, our team managed to find in the deepest waters, at a depth of 8,336 meters, a snail fish, called Pseudoliparisof a previously unknown species.” the researchers reported.
It is specified that in a few days, scientists managed to lift two specimens of the species called Pseudoliparis belyaevi from a depth of 8 thousand 022 meters, which became the first fish caught at a depth of more than 8 thousand meters. The family Liparidae, also known as sea slugsis one of the little studied.
Sea slugs do not have scales or other structures that are normally typical for fish. Instead of scales, the fish has a subcutaneous gelatinous layerwhich resembles fat, which protects you and helps you maintain buoyancy.
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