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Never-before-seen adorable pink bumpy snailfish with funny little beard filmed in deep canyon off California coast

Never-before-seen adorable pink bumpy snailfish with funny little beard filmed in deep canyon off California coast

A bumpy, pink fish with blue eyes and beard-like appendages has been filmed hovering over the muddy bottom of Monterey Canyon, at a depth of more than 10,700 feet (3,300 meters) off the coast of California. This strange little snailfish, captured on camera by a group led by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), turned out to …

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Scientists discover adorable new ‘Bumpy Snailfish’ 13,000 feet under water

Scientists discover adorable new ‘Bumpy Snailfish’ 13,000 feet under water

A new species of deep-sea fish has been identified off the coast of California, with researchers confirming the discovery of the bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi). The fish, with its large head, jelly-like body, and loose skin, was described for the first time in a study published in a scientific journal. Scientists from the State University of New York at Geneseo, …

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