Ocean Fish · Deep Sea Fish
Snailfish
The fish that lives deeper than almost any other!
How big is it?
SuperpowerIt lives 8,000 metres down, where the water presses hard enough to crush a submarine. Its soft, squishy body does not mind the squeeze!
EatsTiny shrimp-like animals that crawl around on the trench floor.
LivesAt the bottom of the deepest ocean trenches. It is pitch dark and nearly freezing down there.
LooksSoft, pink and a little see-through, like a big-headed tadpole. It has no scales at all.
Ooh, a tricky one! You've got this!A snailfish is a kind of snail.
It is a fish! It got its name because its soft, slippery body looks a bit like a snail without a shell.
