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Imagery captured of world’s deepest fish

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The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has captured footage and images of Mariana snailfish at a depth of 8,178 m (26,800 Ft) in the Mariana Trench. The imagery was captured in 4K by a compact halal-lander and the fish were baited using mackerel. The first image of the fish was captured at this depth after 17 hours and 37 minutes.

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(1) Flasher; (2) Syntactic form; (3) Acoustic transducer; (4) Emergency timer for weight release; (5) Glass sphere and its plastic cover; (6) LED illuminations; (7) 4K cameras; (9) Weight release device; (10) mackerel bait; and (11) Weight

B: Rear view, (12) CTD sensor