Photographed at a depth of 8336 m: the deepest fish on the planet was discovered (3 photos + 1 video)

This is the maximum at which fish can survive at all.





Scientists first caught on camera a snail fish swimming incredibly deep. Autonomous module lowered into the Izu-Ogasawara trough in southern Japan, he shot fish at a depth of 8336 m. According to biologists, this is the maximum depth at which fish can survive at all.



A young representative of the species Pseudoliparis belyaevi (Belyaev's pseudoliparis) came into view of a camera system attached to a weighted frame DSSV Pressure Drop. A bait was placed on the frame to attract deep sea animals.

The previous record for the deepest-sea fish was recorded at a depth of 8178 m in the Mariana Trench. The new observation improved the record by 158 meters.

Snail fish are an unusual genus of ray-finned fish. There is more 300 species, most of which live in shallow rivers. However, the group snail fish have adapted to life in the cold waters of the Arctic and Antarctica, as well as under conditions of extreme pressure in the deepest depressions.



At a depth of 8 km, they experience a pressure of about 80 megapascals. - 800 times greater than the pressure at the surface of the ocean. gelatinous the bodies of these creatures help them survive at depth. In addition, they don't have swim bladder. Snail fish eat tiny crustaceans, which are found in abundance in the hollows, writes the BBC.