TOKYO, April 5 (Xinhua) — At a depth of greater than 8 kilometers underwater, a fish filmed by a workforce of researchers from Japan and Australia has been licensed by Guinness World Records because the deepest fish within the ocean to be noticed.
Scientists primarily from the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology and the University of Western Australia in final August filmed the unknown snailfish species of the genus Pseudoliparis at a depth of 8,336 meters, close to the underside of the Izu-Ogasawara Trench off southern Japan within the western Pacific.
Hiroshi Kitazato and co-researchers from the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology obtained their Guinness certificates on Tuesday.
According to the joint scientific expedition, the statement was made 158 meters deeper than the earlier report of 8,178 meters within the Mariana Trench, the place dwelling fish have been confirmed in 2017.
Kitazato burdened the importance of getting filmed fish at such a depth and expressed hope of discovering fish even deeper within the ocean.