Bouncing Red Ball

Strangely beautiful fish. Even in the crushing depths of the ocean, we can find these graceful creatures swimming in darkness. Filmed at a depth of 7,703 meters on the Japan Trench in the Pacific by a team of researchers from the University of Tokyo and University of Aberdeen.

Monty Priede from the University of Aberdeen said the 30cm-long (12in), deep-sea fish were surprisingly “cute”. The fish, known as Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, can be seen darting about in the darkness of the depths, scooping up shrimps. “No-one has ever seen fish alive at these depths before - you just never know what you are going to see when you get down there.”

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