Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis

Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Pseudoliparis
Species: P. amblystomopsis
Binomial name
Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis
(Andriashev, 1955)

The hadal snailfish, Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis is a species of snailfish, described by Anatoly Petrovich Andriashev in 1955.[1]

In October 2008, a team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen's Oceanlab and the University of Tokyo's Ocean Research Institute discovered a shoal of P. amblystomopsis at a depth of 7,700 metres (25,300 ft) in the Japan Trench. These are, to date, the deepest living fish ever recorded.[2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis" in FishBase. March 2009 version.
  2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7655358.stm