Scientists record behemoth in waters 2 km deep off Shizuoka

Scientists record behemoth in waters 2 km deep off Shizuoka

By AYA AMANO

Source: asahi

7/31/2022

Credit: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Japanese researchers said they have taken images of a 2.5-meter-long yokozuna slickhead, possibly the world’s largest known deep-sea bony fish.

The scientists, primarily from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), captured the fish on video more than 2 kilometers deep off Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture in October 2021.

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