NOAA Deep-Sea Dive Off New England Turns up Tiny Mystery Fish

NOAA deep-sea dive off New England turns up tiny mystery fish

During one NOAA mission off New England, researchers recorded an exceptionally small fish that scientists still cannot identify with certainty.

NOAA scientists spot an ‘outrageously tiny’ fish

Laura Baisas writing for Popular Science reports that a NOAA Ocean Exploration team spotted a fish estimated at five millimeters (0.19 inches) to one centimeter (0.4 inches) long. It was seen in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in the Atlantic off New England, during the Deep Connections 2019 expedition. The species is […]