A new ecosystem has been discovered 1,640 feet (500 metres) underwater by University of Oxford researchers, where swarms of trapped plankton are feasted upon by sharks and large fish.
The rainbow fish, born female but eventually turning into a male, was found in the depths. Only by utilizing specialized diving equipment were Maldivian researchers able to reach the rose-veiled fairy wrasse.
On Monday, a report published by the local newspaper in the island nation Maldives indicated that the scientists on the Nekton Maldives Mission have discovered evidence of ‘The Trapping Zone’. It was described as ‘an oasis of oceanic life’, 500 metres below the surface.