Pic o’ the Week: Deepest Fish Ever Recorded

This otherworldly juvenile snailfish (genus Pseudoliparis) with a frilly fin and no scales was filmed by researchers a whopping 8,336 meters deep -- that's more than five miles down -- in the Pacific Ocean's Izu-Ogasawara Trench south of Japan.This remarkable sighting by team of researchers with the University of Western Australia's Deep Sea Research Centre …

Spotlight: Miles Down In The Mariana Trench, A New Fish Species Is Discovered

There's exciting news coming out of the Mariana Trench's mind-boggling depths. Deep sea explorers discovered a snailfish species living more than five miles -- FIVE MILES! - deep in the Mariana Trench. It has been named the Pseudoliparis swirei, and according to this National Geographic article, "...scientists suspect they are unlikely to ever find a fish …