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A ‘fire wolf’ fish could expand what we know about one unusual deep-sea ecosystem

The animal’s existence could help scientists better understand a lukewarm methane seep

A photo of a small purple fist swimming near some plant life and what appears to be a robot arm.

A small purplish fish first spotted during expeditions to a deep-sea methane seep over a decade ago is now known to be a new species, Pyrolycus jaco.

ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute

By Darren Incorvaia

- More than 2 years ago

Off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica sits a deep-sea chimera of an ecosystem.