Abyssobrotula galatheae

Abyssobrotula galatheae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Abyssobrotula
Species:
A. galatheae
Binomial name
Abyssobrotula galatheae

Abyssobrotula galatheae is a species of cusk eel in the family Ophidiidae.[1][3] It is the deepest-living fish known; one specimen, trawled from a depth of 8,370 m (27,460 ft) in the Puerto Rico Trench in 1970, holds the record for the deepest fish ever captured.[4] Although generally recognized, some have suggested that the record-breaking individual might have been caught with a non-closing net (a net that is open on the way up and down into the deep) and therefore perhaps caught shallower.[5]

The first examples of this fish were misidentified by Staiger as Bassogigas profundissimus, before being described as a new species by Jørgen G. Nielsen in 1977.[6] The species name refers to the research ship HDMS Galathea, which captured the first specimens during the second Galathea expedition.[2]

  1. ^ a b Knudsen, S. (2015). "Abyssobrotula galatheae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T60469175A60796740. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60469175A60796740.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Nielsen1977 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ Ohashi, S. & Nielsen, J.G. (2016). "A new species of Abyssobrotula (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench". Zootaxa. 4132 (4): 559–566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.7. PMID 27395693.
  5. ^ Linley, Thomas D.; Gerringer, Mackenzie E.; Yancey, Paul H.; Drazen, Jeffrey C.; Weinstock, Chloe L. & Jamieson, Alan J. (2016). "Fishes of the hadal zone including new species, in situ observations and depth records of Liparidae". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 114: 99–110. Bibcode:2016DSRI..114...99L. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.05.003.
  6. ^ Ellis, R. (1997). Deep Atlantic: Life, Death, and Exploration in the Abyss. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 1-55821-663-4.