The Pseudoliparis snailfish probably owns the record for the deepest dwelling fish we as humans found so far! We stared into the abyss, in the crushing, cold hadal depths, and what stared back was a chubby tadpole child. And, enamoured, we drew it.

Trivia: a couple days ago we have drawn a picture of the highest dwelling animal on Earth, the Himalayan jumping spider. These two pieces weren't planned to be connected and we drew them in the same week by chance, but that's a fun coincidence and it feels like they are now.

#Snailfish #Fish #TraditionalArt #Animals #DeepSea #MarianaTrench #Art #MastoArt

#NewSpecies of #DeepSea snailfish https://www.mbari.org/news/mbaris-advanced-underwater-technology-reveals-a-new-species-of-deep-sea-snailfish

"#MBARI’s team were exploring the outer reaches of #MontereyCanyon, approximately 100 km offshore of Central #California, with MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts at a depth of 3,268 m when they observed this small snailfish swimming above the abyssal seafloor... The bumpy #snailfish has a distinctive pink color, a round head with large eyes, wide pectoral fins with long uppermost rays, and a bumpy texture."

#NewSpecies!
New snailfish from #alaska just swam in:

Allinectes istiophorus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4515878A-FF94-FFA7-FF42-FC27FDE73863
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.3.1
#Zootaxa #AllinectesIstiophorus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishfriday #ichthyology #snailfish

#NewSpecies!
New snailfish from #japan just swam in:

Careproctus longibarbatus

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F576A0E9-D89B-4096-AF6F-10D18F58167D
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.2.3
#Zootaxa #CareproctusLongibarbatus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishofmastodon #fishfriday #ichthyology #snailfish #deepsea

#NewSpecies!
New snailfish from #japan just swam in:

Careproctus barbatulus

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3DD80080-00E2-4BE3-B2A8-DB813B690CE2
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.2.3
#Zootaxa #CareproctusBarbatulus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishofmastodon #fishfriday #ichthyology #snailfish

The Hidden World of Extreme Ocean Depths: Life and Pressures in the Trenches https://deepseanews.com/2023/12/the-hidden-world-of-extreme-ocean-depths-life-and-pressures-in-the-trenches/

"Among #invertebrates, several reach trench depths, including the sea cucumber Myriotrochus bruuni at 10,710 in the #MarianaTrench, the extremely abundant amphipod Hirondellea gigas at 10,897 m in the #ChallengerDeep, the isopod Macrostylis species at 10,710 in the Mariana Trench... The deepest known #vertebrate is the hadal #snailfish Pseudoliparis swirei found at 7966 m."

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/05/1168051498/deepest-fish-japan-photograph

Check out the deepest-swimming fish ever caught on camera.

Updated April 5, 2023 7:49 AM ET

By
#JoeHernandez

#Scientists working off the #coastofJapan say they've managed to capture #images of the #deepest #swimming #fish ever #caughtoncamera.

#snailfish #baitedcamera #NPR #IzuOgasawaraTrench #Japan

https://www.npr.org/people/1000952100/joe-hernandez