2008-10-12

Deepest-living fishes (video)


British scientists have filmed for the first time the hadal snailfish: the deepest-dwelling ocean animal ever captured on camera.
Mail Online

Caught on camera: The world's deepest-dwelling fish five miles under the ocean's surface

British scientists have filmed a species of fish said to be the deepest-dwelling ocean animal ever captured on camera.

A team from Aberdeen University collaborated with their Tokyo counterparts to film the ghostly white Hadal snail fish off Japan’s east coast at a depth of 7,700m.

Beyond the abyss

Alan Jamieson and colleagues are on a mission to film the world's deepest-living fishes.

Deep sea fish

Ophidiidae Marianas, photographed on a previous Hadeep Project expedition.

Deepest-living fishes caught on camera for the first time

Marine scientists filming in one of the world's deepest ocean trenches have found groups of highly sociable fish swarming nearly five miles (7700 metres) beneath the surface.

Hadeep team

The Hadeep team.

Submersible lander

With sapphire viewports and pressure housings as thick as cannon-barrels, the HADEEP submersible is made of stern stuff.

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