{"id":239,"date":"2023-04-03T23:07:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T04:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/international-researchers-set-new-record-for-deepest-fish-captured-on-camera\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T23:07:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T04:07:42","slug":"international-researchers-set-new-record-for-deepest-fish-captured-on-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confluencewinery.net\/international-researchers-set-new-record-for-deepest-fish-captured-on-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"International Researchers Set New Record for Deepest Fish Captured on Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

A team of international researchers have set a new record for capturing the deepest fish ever caught on camera. Filmed swimming along the bottom of a Japanese ocean trench at a depth of 8336 metres, the juvenile snailfish belonged to the Pseudoliparis family and was an unknown species.[0]<\/a><\/sup> The researchers, including those from the Minderoo-University of Western Australia Deep Sea Research Centre and the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, had set out to explore the Japan, Izu-Ogasawara and Ryukyu trenches \u2013 which are 8,000, 9,300 and 7,300 metres deep respectively \u2013 as part of a decade-long study into the deepest fish populations in the world.[1]<\/a><\/sup> The researchers also captured two Pseudoliparis belyaevi snailfish at a depth of 8022 metres, setting a new record for the deepest fish ever caught.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Snailfish are a diverse group of fish with long, gelatinous bodies that allow them to survive in the ocean\u2019s depths.[3]<\/a><\/sup> They are found in oceans across the world, with more than 300 different species currently known, many of which live in shallow waters.[4]<\/a><\/sup> The snailfish discovered 8,300 meters down belongs to an unknown species, scientists said.[5]<\/a><\/sup> Snailfish are able to adapt to life just about anywhere under water.[6]<\/a><\/sup> They have a gelatinous body that is able to be squashed by the immense pressures of the deep sea, and they don\u2019t have a swim bladder, a gas-filled organ most other fish have that controls buoyancy.[4]<\/a><\/sup> Their diet consists primarily of minuscule crustaceans, a significant portion of which inhabit the depths of trenches.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

At a depth of over eight kilometers, two fish were caught by the researchers, marking the first time any fish have been captured beyond that depth.[7]<\/a><\/sup> They were able to film the snailfish of the genus Pseudoliparis, which was swimming at about 8,336 meters, or about 27,349 feet.[8]<\/a><\/sup> The snailfish could be at, or very close to, the maximum depth any fish can survive. The snailfish residing in trenches exist at a depth of 1000 meters, surpassing all other fish, and may possibly hold the record for being the species inhabiting the most extreme depth on Earth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the deepest record by far for the fish,\u201d said Professor Alan Jamieson, founder of the Minderoo-University of Western Australia Deep Sea Research Centre and chief scientist of the expedition.[9]<\/a><\/sup> \u201cIf this record is broken, it would only be by minute increments, potentially by just a few metres.\u201d[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The team had deployed baited cameras in the deepest parts of the trenches located off the coasts of Japan and the north Pacific Ocean.[10]<\/a><\/sup> During the two-month survey last year, three \u201clanders\u201d \u2013 automatic sea robots fitted with high-resolution cameras \u2013 were dropped into the Japan, Izu-Ogasawara and Ryukyu trenches at varying depths.[11]<\/a><\/sup> The researchers had predicted the deepest fish would be a snailfish and had enough information on the environment to have predicted the trenches would be where the deepest fish would be. The discovery of a fish deeper than those found in the Mariana Trench is probably due to the Izu-Ogasawara's slightly warmer waters, Jamieson speculated.[12]<\/a><\/sup> “What is significant is that it shows how far a particular type of fish will descend in the ocean,” he said.[11]<\/a><\/sup> “Things are changing really fast.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

0. <\/span>“These are the world's deepest fish ever filmed and caught (video)” Boing Boing, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2023\/04\/03\/these-are-the-worlds-deepest-fish-ever-filmed-and-caught-video.html<\/a><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>“World's deepest fish photographed off Japan – Oceanographic” Oceanographic Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/oceanographicmagazine.com\/news\/worlds-deepest-fish-photographed-off-japan<\/a><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>“Scientists film deepest ever fish on seabed off Japan” CNN, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/03\/asia\/deepest-fish-filmed-off-japan-scn-intl-hnk\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n

3. <\/span>“Deepest fish ever filmed \u2014 over 5 miles down \u2014 found near Japan. See it up close” Modesto Bee, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/www.modbee.com\/news\/nation-world\/world\/article273904735.html<\/a><\/p>\n

4. <\/span>“Deepest fish ever recorded caught on camera over 8,000 metres down trench” Global News, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9598232\/deepest-fish-ever-recorded-trench-japan\/<\/a><\/p>\n

5. <\/span>“”World's deepest fish” caught on camera for first time by scientists \u2014 over 27,000 feet below the surface” CBS News, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/snailfish-worlds-deepest-fish-caught-filmed-scientists\/<\/a><\/p>\n

6. <\/span>“Deepest-Ever Snailfish Filmed Swimming at 27,349 Feet Down” TheInertia.com, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/www.theinertia.com\/news\/deepest-ever-snailfish-filmed-swimming-at-27349-feet-down\/<\/a><\/p>\n

7. <\/span>“Scientists break record for deepest fish ever caught on camera” Sydney Morning Herald, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/environment\/conservation\/scientists-break-record-for-deepest-fish-ever-caught-on-camera-20230403-p5cxox.html<\/a><\/p>\n

8. <\/span>“Scientists capture deepest fish ever recorded on camera off Japan\u2019s coast” The Independent, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/deepest-fish-camera-captured-japan-b2312884.html<\/a><\/p>\n

9. <\/span>“Watch: record-breaking footage of fish at deepest level ever captured” Cosmos, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/cosmosmagazine.com\/nature\/marine-scientists-snailfish-video-recording\/<\/a><\/p>\n

10. <\/span>“Aberdeen University graduate among record-breaking team to film deepest ever fish” Aberdeen Live, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/www.aberdeenlive.news\/news\/aberdeen-news\/aberdeen-university-graduate-among-record-8319005<\/a><\/p>\n

11. <\/span>“Scientists film deepest ever fish on seabed off Japan coast” WESH 2 Orlando, 3 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/deepest-ever-fish-japan\/43491217<\/a><\/p>\n

12. <\/span>“A camera caught a fish swimming more than 8,300 meters below the surface near Japan, making it the deepest observation of a fish ever recorded” Yahoo News, 2 Apr. 2023, https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/camera-caught-fish-swimming-more-182040893.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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