snailfish

Everyday

1. A snailfish is a small, soft, tadpole-shaped fish with smooth, jelly-like skin and no scales. tree →
2. Some snailfish live deeper in the ocean than almost any other fish, in deep trenches thousands of metres down. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons on the deep sea it shows how animals adapt to huge pressure, cold and darkness: a snailfish was filmed in a deep ocean trench at over 8,000 metres, one of the deepest fish ever seen. Phrases: «deep-sea snailfish», «hadal snailfish».

Examples

• A snailfish has soft, jelly-like skin and no scales. tree →
• Scientists filmed a snailfish more than 8,000 metres down. tree →
• Snailfish can live under huge water pressure. tree →
• The snailfish looked like a pale, wiggly tadpole. tree →
• Some snailfish live in cold shallow seas, others in deep trenches. tree →
• No fish has been found much deeper than the deepest snailfish. tree →

Note

Plural usually «snailfish» (like «fish»), sometimes «snailfishes» for kinds. It is a fish, not a snail; the name is about its soft body.