Scientists find deepest fish ever recorded at 8,300 metres underwater near Japan

Footage of unknown snailfish captured by researchers from Western Australia and Tokyo in Izu-Ogasawara trench

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Scientists have captured footage of a fish swimming more than 8km underwater, setting a new record for the deepest fish ever recorded.

The animal, an unknown snailfish species belonging to the genus Pseudoliparis, was filmed at a depth of 8,336 metres in the Izu-Ogasawara trench, south-east of Japan.

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