snailfish
- n small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
- There are snailfish molluscs known as drills, borers, whelks and conches that congregate upon the oyster in such masses that they smother him.
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- Fish caught in ocean trench has molecule to protect it from pressure
Snailfish caught off of New Zealand are described as looking like ‘a sloppy, gelatinous mass.’
March 5, 2014 - Portland Press Herald - Why the world's deepest diver is also pretty stinky
Scientists are plumbing the depths of deep-sea diving, and have found a translucent hadal snailfish at 4.3 miles deep. How deep can fish go, and why are deep-sea divers so smelly?
March 5, 2014 - The Christian Science Monitor - How deep can a fish go? Scientists might have the answer
Scientists discover new species of fish that can survive near-record depths. Translucent hadal snailfish were caught at a depth of 4.3 miles off the coast of New Zealand. Read more
March 5, 2014 - Columbia Missourian