Mariana Snailfish

Because the environment is as strange as it gets on our planet, deep sea life is always fascinating. The animals that exist beyond the limits of light and pressure that would crush us to smithereens are frequently amazing and strange in our sight. The Mariana Snailfish, which they believe to be the deepest living fish of all, has also been found by experts.

If you can descend 26,000 feet into the Mariana Trench, the deepest region of the ocean, you can view these fish for yourself. They have translucent skin, no scales, and a maximum length of less than a foot. They appear to eat small crustaceans that also live at depth, which is to be expected given that there aren't many predators down there.

The typical length of this pale, tadpole-like fish is 28.8 cm (11.3 in), and its weight is 160 g (0.35 lb). It seems to be the main predator in some areas of the Mariana Trench, consuming microscopic crustaceans in a habitat of deep water with few other larger predators. Pseudoliparis swirei are widespread in their habitat in the deep water, and they lay quite large eggs with a diameter of almost 1 cm (0.4 in).

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Pseudoliparis
Species: P. swirei