A joint UK-Japanese team has discovered the new record holder for the world's deepest living fish. At 7.7km deep in the Japan Trench, the researchers managed to take some great video of Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis doing its thing. The clowns at Deep Sea News have already covered this and we suggest you check out their site for more info, but the video below shows these deepwater fish gathering for Sunday supper.
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