The deep sea is home to some of the weirdest creatures on Earth, from ghostly elder fish to carnivorous harp sponges . Sometimes, scientists discover more humble creatures that are so tiny that they go unnoticed until new technology brings them into view.

Such efforts rarely disappoint. Using an underwater robot camera, researchers discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish: one bumpy, one dark, and one sleek. In a new paper published in Ichthyology and Herpetology , researchers explain how CT scans and DNA sequencing revealed that the three fish had features unlike any other known species, confirming their novelty.

“Our discovery of not one, but three, new species of snailfishes is a reminder of how much we have yet to learn about life on Earth and of the power of curios

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