Sea lion
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Tripod fish
Snail fish
Marianas snailfish
A cousin of the Atacama snailfish, the Marianas snailfish, is the deepest-dwelling fish ever discovered, inhabiting depths below 26,600 ft. Because their habitat is in the deepest trenches of the ocean, Atacama snailfish live without the fear of predation; five miles is an awfully deep dive for a meal. |
Do you fancy living and swimming around nearly five miles (or 7,700 metres) beneath the surface?
Well fish called snail fish (from the family Liparidae) are found exclusively below 6000 metres, where they contend with total darkness, near freezing temperatures and immense water pressure – equivalent to 1600 elephants on the roof of a Mini. They feed on the thousands of tiny shrimp-like creatures that scavenge the carcasses of dead fish on the ocean floor. |