Under the National Environmental Science Programme of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of Australia, an international team of experts are on a monthlong voyage to discover and study Australia's rich deep-sea biodiversity. They recently came across a faceless fish that hasn't been seen since the 1880s, but here are some of the team's other exciting finds from the abyss.
Faceless Fish From The Abyss
Though initially thought to be the discovery of a new species, finding the cusk eel with seemingly no eyes was still big news to the team aboard the research vessel Investigator. With a scientific name Typhlonus nasus, which is apparently derived from Greek and means "blind hake," the Faceless Cusk is a rare find that has only been seen a handful of times since it was first discovered in the 1870s.
The expedition will continue on until May 15. You can follow the team's progress and see some of the other deep-sea creatures they have found so far through their blog, Blogging the Abyss.
