Snailfish discovered at record ocean depth

ABC 7 News/Science, 12/19/14. "Palo Alto Ocean Institute discovers new fish at record depth."

Amazing sustainable life discovery in deep water,
... and possible hope analogy for Pacifica as well.

"PALO ALTO, Calif. -- An amazing discovery was made at the bottom of the ocean.  Researchers at the Palo Alto based Schmidt Ocean Institute say their camera spotted an unknown variety of snailfish in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. It was found more than 26,000 feet below the surface.  The discovery sets a new world record for the deepest fish ever recorded."  

Related articles -  NPR/Christopher Joyce, 12/19/14.  "A ship full of marine scientists is floating over the deepest part of the world: the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. They're sending down probes to study life in one of the most hostile environments on the planet. ...."Douglas Bartlett from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is the chief scientist aboard the research vessel Falkor, which is operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute."

 Telegram, UK, Jonathat Perlman/Sydney12/19/14.  "World's deepest fish found in Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench." ... "The fish, with wing-like fins and an eel-like tail, was discovered gliding deep in the western Pacific Ocean, beating the previous record by 500 feet. Several new species of fish were also discovered during a scientific voyage to the Mariana Trench near Guam in the Pacific Ocean, the world's deepest stretch of water. The trench has a maximum known depth of about 36,000 feet. The 30-day expedition was led by scientists from the University of Hawaii and scoped a wide section of the ocean floor, rather than focusing merely on the deepest known point." Many studies have rushed to the bottom of the trench, but from an ecological view that is very limiting," said Dr Jeff Drazen, a co-chief scientist."  

Reference -  Geology.com/map.  Schmidt Ocean Institute.  Facebook/Schmidt Ocean Institute.  Scripps Institution of Oceanography.  US Fish and Wildlife Service/Mariana Trench.  Note:  photograph from the ABC 7 News/Science article.

Posted by Kathy Meeh