Abyssal rainbow gar
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A deep-sea fish that naturalist William Beebe said he saw from his bathysphere off Bermuda and never managed to collect.
Open Verdict: A single sighting through a porthole that nobody has matched to a known fish since.
- Region
- Oceans · International waters (off Bermuda)
- First reports
- 11 August 1934, from Beebe's bathysphere
Key sightings
- Beebe reported it at about 760 m (2,500 ft) down off Bermuda.
Best evidence
One observer's description from a dive; no specimen or photograph.