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Meet the Bumpy Snailfish: An Adorable, Newly Discovered Deep Sea Species That Looks Like It Is Smiling

Just off the coast of California, deep below the surface, a small pink fish with bumpy skin drifted slowly above the ocean floor. Until recently, no one knew it existed. This adorable pale pink ...
The Beaumont Enterprise

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute confirms three new deep-sea snailfish species, including the bumpy snailfish

Deep below the waves, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s groundbreaking underwater technology has unveiled a new snailfish species. In 2019, MBARI researchers spotted an unfamiliar pink ...
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Bumps on ancient, armored fish may have given rise to teeth in animals, study finds

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The sensitive ...
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Labubu of the deep sea? Meet this cute, pink snailfish just discovered off Monterey coast

Is it downright adorable, or is it so ugly it's cute? Either way, a pink fish newly discovered off of California's Central Coast has the makings to survive in one of the darkest, coldest places on ...
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Recording from the deep: Scientists discover new species of bumpy snailfish

A group of researchers confirmed earlier this month that they discovered a new species of bumpy snailfish while using MBARI’s advanced underwater technology in the deep sea in 2019. The researchers ...