Deepest Fish Discovered by Human Hands (IMAGE)

California Academy of Sciences

Deepest Fish Discovered by Human Hands

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An eye-popping, pink-and-yellow species of groppo is the deepest new fish discovery ever made by human hands. Grammatonotus brianne was discovered in the Philippines at a depth of 487 feet beneath the ocean's surface. The new groppo is one of 133 new species described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2016.

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