(FOX 5/KUSI) — Researchers exploring some of the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California have discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish.

The animals were documented by underwater vehicles from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in 2019, and researchers were able to confirm they were new species after studying the specimens.

The animal specimens were studied and confirmed to be new species by a team from the State University of New York at Geneseo, working in collaboration with MBARI and researchers from the University of Montana and the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

Among the new species of snailfish is the bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi), which has a pink color, long fin rays and a bumpy texture to its skin.

The new species was found

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