New Record Set For Deepest Dwelling Fish

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 20, 2014 @08:51AM from the going-for-the-low-score dept.

mpicpp tips news that oceanographers have discovered a creature that sets the record for the most deeply dwelling fish on Earth. It was found in the Mariana Trench, some 8,145 meters below the surface. The 30-day voyage took place from the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel, Falkor, and is the most comprehensive survey of world's deepest place ever undertaken. The Hadal Ecosystem Studies (Hades) team deployed unmanned landers more than 90 times to depths that ranged between 5,000m and 10,600m. They studied both steep walls of the undersea canyon. ... Dr. Jamieson said: "We think it is a snailfish, but it's so weird-looking; it's up in the air in terms of what it is. "It is unbelievably fragile, and when it swims, it looks like it has wet tissue paper floating behind it. And it has a weird snout — it looks like a cartoon dog snout."

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12,125 PSI pressure at that depth by Beeftopia · 2014-12-20 11:39 · Score: 3, Interesting

12,125 PSI pressure at that depth. Surface pressure is 14.7 PSI.
1) Source for ocean depth pressure at 8145m.
2) Source for atmospheric pressure at earth's surface
It's totally dark down there. No light except the occasional bioluminescence. It's like an off-world environment. Makes me wonder where else life can exist.