Fish Discovered at 8,336m Depth... Withstanding Pressure 800 Times That of Sea Level

According to Yonhap News, citing the British BBC, a deep-sea fish was filmed at a depth of 8,336 meters off the coast of Japan, setting a record as the deepest fish ever discovered underwater.

A research team led by Professor Allen Jamieson of the University of Western Australia captured footage of a snailfish species, Pseudoliparis belyaevi, swimming at a depth of 8,336 meters in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench in southern Japan.

A Komchi Discovered 7500m to 8200m Below the Ogasawara Trench
[Photo by Western Australia University Website Capture]

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The previous record was held by a deep-sea fish found at a depth of 8,178 meters in the Mariana Trench in 2017; this time, the fish was spotted approximately 158 meters deeper.

At depths of 8,000 meters, organisms must withstand pressures about 800 times that at sea level, and the jelly-like body of the snailfish is well-suited to survive in such an environment.

This discovery is presumed to be related to the warm water temperatures of the Izu-Ogasawara area.

Meanwhile, the research team was unable to capture the deep-sea fish.

However, they did collect other specimens at a depth of 8,022 meters. This is the first time fish have been caught at such a depth.

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