"Scientists capture footage of world's deepest fish off Japan's seabed"
Scientists from the University of Western Australia and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology have filmed the deepest fish ever recorded, a young snailfish, at a depth of over 27,000 feet in the northern Pacific Ocean. The team also physically caught two other specimens at 8,022 meters, setting a new record for the deepest catch. The snailfish is a member of the Liparidae family and is known for surviving at some of the greatest depths ever recorded. The footage was captured by sea robots in deep trenches off Japan as part of a 10-year study into the deepest fish populations in the world.