Surprisingly bright blue fish discovered in the darkest ocean depths

Most snailfish surviving successful the deepest water realm known arsenic the hadal portion are ghostly achromatic with tiny eyes. But a recently described taxon has ample eyes and is intensely blue

Life 21 October 2022

By Jake Buehler

A bluish snailfish captured connected camera successful the heavy oversea disconnected the seashore of South America

Dr Thom Linley, Professor Alan Jamieson

More than 7000 metres beneath the ocean’s aboveground successful a trench disconnected the occidental seashore of South America, a agleam bluish food swims successful endless darkness.

The taxon has present been described by scientists for the archetypal time, and its find whitethorn output clues connected however food surviving successful the deepest portion of the satellite person evolved a manner to acceptable their utmost environment.

In 2018, Thomas Linley astatine Newcastle University successful the …