Pseudoliparis (fish) explained

Pseudoliparis is a genus of snailfishes native to very deep water in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis (Andriashev, 1955)
• Pseudoliparis belyaevi Andriashev & Pitruk, 1993
• Pseudoliparis swirei Gerringer & Linley, 2017

Habitat

Pseudoliparis are native to the hadal zone of the ocean. They have been observed swimming at extreme depths of 8336metres, in very deep ocean trenches of the Pacific Ocean,^{[2] [3]} including the Izu-Ogasawara Trench and the Mariana Trench.

Notes and References

1. Gerringer, M.E.. T.D. Linley. P.H. Yancey. A.J. Jamieson. E. Goetze. J.C. Drazen. 2017. Pseudoliparis swirei sp. nov.: A newly-discovered hadal snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Mariana Trench. Zootaxa. 4358. 1. 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.7. 29245485. 161–177. free.
2. News: Hernandez . Joe . Check out the deepest-swimming fish ever caught on camera . 5 April 2023 . . 5 April 2023 .
3. News: Jonathan. Amos . 2023-04-01 . Deepest ever fish caught on camera off Japan . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-04-01.