by Scientists photographed a snailfish swimming 8,336 meters below sea level near Japan, making it the deepest recorded fish ever caught on camera.
Previously, the deepest recorded fish was spotted 8,178 meters down in the Mariana Trench, according to BBC News.
Scientists dropped an autonomous "lander" camera into the Izu-Ogasawara Trench near Japan and filmed the snailfish that they estimated to be at or "very close to" the maximum depth that any fish can survive, according to BBC.
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Previously, the deepest recorded fish was spotted 8,178 meters down in the Mariana Trench, according to BBC News.
Scientists dropped an autonomous "lander" camera into the Izu-Ogasawara Trench near Japan and filmed the snailfish that they estimated to be at or "very close to" the maximum depth that any fish can survive, according to BBC.
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