Deepest-ever fish caught and filmed off Japan by scientists

I am confused. Why do fish have colors at such a depth?

Is this something to brag about? If the fish lives 8km under the surface, leave it alone!

I’m more interested in what happens if those three inches dwarfs are brought to surface out of that enormous pressure in those extreme depths. Do they become quite big monster fish or even explode? Anyone can calculate, estimate or tell us?

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I’m more interested in what happens if those three inches dwarfs are brought to surface out of that enormous pressure in those extreme depths. Do they become quite big monster fish or even explode? Anyone can calculate, estimate or tell us?

Although there's no photo of it in the article above, they actually did bring a couple of these fish to the surface on the same expedition (that's the bit about traps that they mentioned about in this article). Instead of expanding, they're gelatinous, without any skull, (something to do with less things to be crushed by pressure, the better). So, they kind of melt when brought to the surface.

There's a photo in this article of the same fish that they caught on this expedition after being brought to the surface: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/scientists-break-record-for-deepest-fish-ever-caught-on-camera-20230403-p5cxox.html

Thank you kiwi07. So nothing very spectacular happens. That’s now really somehow mysterious, isn’t it?

"...fundamentally most of planet Earth and resources should be put into understanding..."

TRANSLATION: Marine resources must be harvested by us (for profit), and therefore subsequently rape the planet Earth!

For a fish, how deep is deep ? I mean, Kierkegaard deep or Paulo Coelho deep ?

WOW. And this is even more reason we need to quit polluting our oceans with all this fossil fuel and such.