Pseudoliparis swirei
| Pseudoliparis swirei | |
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| Photographs A and B were taken in the wild and C was taken after capture | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoliparis |
| Species: | P. swirei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoliparis swirei | |
Pseudoliparis swirei, the Mariana snailfish, is a species of deep-sea snailfish that lives at the bottom of theMariana Trench. It is one of the deepest fish ever. It resides at very extreme depths of 7,966 m (26,135 ft).
Depth record
[change | change source]This fish lives in the hadal zone. It is estimated to have reached a whopping 26,200 feet (8,000 m). It can go deeper than any fish.
Description
[change | change source]Appearance
[change | change source]P. swirei has transparent skin, ossified bones, an inflated stomach and a non-closed skull. It has large eggs.
Discovery
[change | change source]The Mariana snailfish was discovered in 2017 by Gerringer & Linley. In 2014, they used mackerel so that the fish could swim up and eat it.
Name
[change | change source]The species name, swirei, is named after Herbert Swire.
Gallery
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References
[change | change source]- Irving, Michael (29 November 2017). "New Mariana Trench species is the deepest-dwelling fish in the ocean". New Atlas. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
Other websites
[change | change source]- ↑ Gerringer, M.E.; T.D. Linley; P.H. Yancey; A.J. Jamieson; E. Goetze; J.C. Drazen (2017). "Pseudoliparis swirei sp. nov.: A newly-discovered hadal snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Mariana Trench". Zootaxa. 4358 (1): 161–177. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.7. PMID 29245485.