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2010-07-02 00:41:24

New observations indicate that liparids dominate the deepA study of the occurrence of fishes in the ocean's deepest reaches"”the hadal zone, below 6000 meters"”has provided evidence that some species of fishes are more numerous at such depths than experts had thought. The authors of the study, which is published in the July/August issue of BioScience, observed 10 to 20 snailfish congregating at a depth of 7703 meters around a baited video lander in the Japan Trench. The observation period...