Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis
| Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoliparis |
| Species: | P. amblystomopsis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis (Andriashev, 1955) | |
Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, or the hadal snailfish, is a species of snailfish from hadal depths of the North Pacific Ocean.[1]
In October 2008, a team from Scottish and Japanese institutes discovered a shoal of P. amblystomopsis at a depth of 7,700 metres (25,300 ft) in the Japan Trench. These were, until December 2014, the deepest living fish ever recorded on film.[2] The record has since been surpassed by another (unidentified) type of snailfish filmed at a depth of 8,145 metres (26,700 ft).[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). "Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis" in FishBase. March 2009 version.
- ↑ Rebecca Morelle: 'Deepest ever' living fish filmed BBC News 2008
- ↑ Rebecca Morelle: New record for deepest fish BBC News 19 Dec 2014
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