Watch footage of the deepest fish ever caught on camera
Scientists from the University of Western Australia and Japan recorded footage of the snailfish at a depth of over eight kilometers underwater.
Courtesy of Caladan Oceanic/The University of Western Australia. Reproduced by permission.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The embryological development of the rice-paddy fish, from fertilization to hatching, is followed in the laboratory.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The scales, swim bladder, and gills of the ray-finned fishes.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Some fishes have developed symbiotic, or mutually beneficial, relationships with other fishes or even other marine creatures such as shrimp.
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