The world’s largest known colony of breeding fish has just been discovered off the coast of Antarctica. It’s some 500 meters (1,640 feet) below ice that covers part of the Weddell Sea. These fish are known as icefish. And this massive community of nests stretches across at least 240 square kilometers (92 square miles) of seafloor. That’s an area one-third larger than Washington, D.C. Read more here
Jonah’s icefish (Neopagetopsis ionah) create circular nests with hard rock centers, where the fish can lay more than 1,700 eggs.
ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE, PS124 OFOBS TEAM