Snailfish breaks record, becomes deepest fish ever filmed and captured | USA TODAY

Set about 5 miles underwater, two snailfish were caught in traps south of Japan in the Iza-Ogasawara Trench.

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The expedition's chief scientist Alan Jamieson posted on Twitter Monday two snailfish were caught in traps set about 5 miles underwater in the Iza-Ogasawara Trench, south of Japan.

Jamison, professor at The Oceans Institute and the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Western Australia, said both the catch and filming took place during a two-month voyage by a team from the University of Western Australia and the Tokyo University of Marine Science.

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