Best Bottom Dweller
The blobfish, *Psychrolutes marcidus*, is a deep-sea fish found in the abyssal plains off Australia and New Zealand. Its gelatinous body structure allows it to maintain neutral buoyancy at extreme depths where pressure is immense. This unique adaptation makes it notable for scientific study of deep-...
Roughhead Grenadier (Macrourus berglax) is a North Atlantic rattail fish commercially trawled at depths of 200–2,600 m and listed as near threatened by the IUCN.
Scyliorhinus torrei, the Cuban dwarf catshark, one of the smallest known sharks at roughly 20 cm maximum length, found in Caribbean waters to depths of about 430 m.
A deep-sea grenadier (Macrouridae) identified by strongly keeled, coarsely textured scales, inhabiting bathypelagic depths in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean.
