''Holcomycteronus profundissimus'', also known by its

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''Grimaldichthys profundissimus'', ( da, Grimaldis slangekvabbe; fi, Grimaldikala; it, Pesce di Grimaldi) is a species of

deep-sea fish Deep-sea fish are fish that live in the darkness below the sunlit surface waters, that is below the epipelagic or photic zone of the sea. The lanternfish is, by far, the most common deep-sea fish. Other deep sea fishes include the flashlight ...

in the cusk-eel family. The fish has an elongated body of a uniform sallow yellowish color. It is about in length and has rudimentary eyes. Very little is known about its habitat, ecology and biology.

History

The first specimen was found in

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waters in August 1901 at a depth of in the

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southwest of the

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. It was caught during an oceanographic cruise by Princess Alice of Monaco using a fish trap designed by her husband

Prince Albert I Albert I (Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi; 13 November 1848 – 26 June 1922) was Prince of Monaco from 10 September 1889 until his death. He devoted much of his life to oceanography, exploration and science. Alongside his expeditions, Albert I ...

. The genus to which this species belongs was initially named '' Grimaldichthys'' after the ruling family of

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. Other specimens of this fish were recorded later in the

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and the Eastern

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oceans at depths between . For many decades it was thought to be the fish living at the greatest depth in the world until the species ''

Abyssobrotula galatheae ''Abyssobrotula galatheae'' is a species of cusk eel in the family Ophidiidae. It is the deepest-living fish known; one specimen, trawled from a depth of in the Puerto Rico Trench in 1970, holds the record for the deepest fish ever captured. Alt ...

''—one specimen of which was found at a depth of over —was described in 1977.Keith Rodney Benson, Philip F. Rehbock eds. ''Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond'', p. 243

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Ophidiidae Taxa named by Louis Roule Fish described in 1913 Deep sea fish {{Ophidiidae-stub

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