'Really amazing': scientists show that fish migrate through the deep oceans

A tripod fish, one of the deep-sea species identified by the study conducted in the waters off the coast of Angola, west Africa. Photograph: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research/PA
April 3, 2020
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New research has finally demonstrated what many marine biologists suspected but had never before seen: fish migrating through the deep sea. The study, published this month in the Journal of Animal Ecology, used analysis of deep-sea photographs to show a regular increase in the number of fish in particular months, suggesting seasonal migrations.

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ecology
fish migration
deep sea species
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