Most snailfish living in the deepest ocean realm recognized as the hadal zone are ghostly white with tiny eyes. But a newly explained species has big eyes and is intensely blue
Daily life
21 Oct 2022
A blue snailfish captured on digital camera in the deep sea off the coast of South America Dr Thom Linley, Professor Alan Jamieson
More than 7000 metres beneath the ocean’s surface in a trench off the western coastline of South America, a dazzling blue fish swims in countless darkness.
The species has now been explained by scientists for the initial time, and its discovery might generate clues on how fish living in the deepest part of the planet have progressed a life style to in shape their extraordinary ecosystem.
In 2018, Thomas Linley at Newcastle College in the …
