A snail fish, filmed off Japan, may be the deepest ever recorded

Published April 4, 2023 at 5:53 AM EDT

Scientists have film of a snail fish swimming in a trench south of Japan — spotted more than 27,000 feet down. They say that's very close to the maximum depth a fish could survive at.

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