Japan catches fish at record-breaking depth of 8,300 meters

Scientists have captured the deepest recording of a fish ever, a snailfish swimming at 8,336 meters below sea level in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench near Japan. The previous record was set in the Mariana Trench in 2018 at 8,178 meters. The snailfish was identified as a juvenile of the species Pseudoliparis, and scientists speculate that the fish were able to survive greater depths than those found in the Mariana Trench due to the Izu-Ogasawara's slightly warmer waters.