Biologists Discover Surprisingly Cute Deep-Sea Fish Species Off the Coast of California
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Biologists Discover Surprisingly Cute Deep-Sea Fish Species Off the Coast of California
Meet the bumpy snailfish—described by scientists as "adorable"—as well as the dark snailfish and sleek snailfish, all of which thrive thousands of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean
He could hardly have sprung from a Disney film. A diving robot filmed a new marine creature in the deep sea off California. Now researchers also gave the animal an official name.
Newly Discovered Life Forms Found in the Abyss During California Expedition
The major seabed, located thousands of meters below the surface, represent one of the least studied circles on the planet. This is where some of the most unknown species in the animal kingdom live, often inaccessible without the help of specialized technologies. In 2025, a team of biologists from Suny Geneseo universities, Montana and Hawaii, in collaboration with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), described three new species …
Underwater robotic cameras have made possible the discovery of three new species of snailfish...
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