Meet the bumpy snailfish, one of three new deep

Marine researchers have announced the discovery of three new deep-sea snailfish, including the kind-of-adorable pink bumpy snailfish.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) underwater technology was used to identify a previously unknown snailfish first seen in 2019 near the floor of the Pacific Ocean .

Two other snailfish seen offshore of California by MBARI researchers were also announced in a new study by researchers with the State University of New York at Geneseo (SUNY Geneseo), with scientists from the University of Montana and the University of Hawaii at Mānoa.

According to MBARI, there are more than 400 snailfish species worldwide. These large-headed, jelly-like snailfish use their bellies to grip the seafloor, and some shallow-water snailfish curl up like snails.

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