Daily News | See bony-eared assfish and other deep-sea life in the Academy of Natural Sciences’ new exhibit
The water is cold down there, too, maybe 38 to 39 degrees.
In fact, the exact opposite seems to be the case. According to a recent study of DNA from deep-sea sediments, British scientists determined that there is at least three times more life on the seafloor than there is higher up in the ocean, and that two-thirds of that life has not yet even been identified.The extreme deep ocean, which reaches depths of about 11,000 meters at the southern end of the Mariana Trench southwest of Guam, is full of all kinds of creatures.
“It’s a fascinating look at the animals that do live in this incredibly deep, sun-free part of the world,” she said. “There’s no sun at all. There’s no light. There’s no light of any kind. And you know, it’s barely freezing. It’s like just above freezing temperatures. And, I mean, it’s like you can hardly imagine a more hostile environment.”
Sontchi said “this little guy” is roughly five and a half inches long. It lives, she said, between a depth of 3,840 feet and 14,500 feet. How can it possibly withstand the weight of all those elephants piling up? When the fish is brought to a less hostile environment on the surface, with less water pressure, its cells expand leaving the fish, in essence, a puddle.“They call them ghosties,” he said. “These are large fishes with huge heads and big pectoral fins. But where sharks are more in superficial waters. These [ratfish] inhabit the depths, the dark waters. A lot of times they have big eyes.”
While the ratfish can be found in shallower waters, they are largely caught by commercial fishing operations that go deeper and deeper.
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