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According to American cryptozoologist Garnard Sol, the reactions of the two individuals at the scene were recorded in the audio logs of the submersible at that time. Of course, we cannot access this information.
John Isaacs is a renowned American oceanographer and a pioneer in ocean exploration. In the 1960s, Professor Isaacson designed a deep-sea imaging device called the "Monster Camera." This camera utilized a free-flying system for deployment and recovery, significantly improving exploration efficiency and resource utilization.
By the 1970s, this camera had been deployed in various marine areas, including North America, South America, Africa, and Antarctica. The following two photographs were taken from waters off the coast of Baja California and near the Hawaiian Islands, at depths of 2,039 meters and 1,949 meters respectively.
The professor noted that the large fish depicted in the images could measure between 25 to 30 feet in length, particularly in the first photograph. According to the project edge records of the "Monster Camera," the location where this photo was taken should be within the Santiago Trench Fault Zone, likely representing the giant fish prototype seen by the Thompson Team.
American ichthyologist Karl Levitt Hobbs believes that the large fish in the images may be a Pacific Sleeper Shark. At depths of 6,000 feet, the sufficiently cold temperatures provide a suitable habitat for them.
The Pacific Sleeper Shark is a large deep-sea predator primarily found in the North Pacific's Arctic and temperate waters at depths ranging from 300 to 2,000 meters on continental shelves and slopes. Its diet expands with its size, ranging from common shrimp and crabs to larger Hardy Fish and giant squid.
The largest confirmed individual recorded measures up to 4.4 meters in length, while some unverified reports suggest they can grow up to 7 meters or more, approaching sizes observed for large fish by Deep Sea Star.
Professor Hobbs speculates that the enormous fish shadow seen by the Thompson Team could be a large individual of this shark species.
If this conclusion holds true, it could become the third largest shark after the Whale Shark and Mako Shark. However, due to record-keeping issues, Dr. Garnard Sol noted in his 1970 work "The Vast Ocean Art" that Professor Hobbs was actually referring to the Greenland Shark.
This species' average size is evidently closer to practical descriptions; however, the distribution range of the Greenland Shark indicates it can only survive in colder waters.
In fact, neither the Pacific Sleeper Shark nor Greenland Shark theories have been accepted by Mr. Joe Thompson and Mr. Eugene Cecil Lafond. The aforementioned fish clearly lack the prominent eye features they observed, and the small dermal denticles of sharks differ significantly from the enormous scales described in their sighting.
Joe Thompson mentioned that he envisioned a gigantic bass, suggesting he may have seen an unusually large Hardy Fish. American cryptozoologist Matt Billy posits that it could be an undiscovered giant Hardy Fish.
The Hardy Fish refers to all species under the Hardy Fish Class, which is currently the largest group of vertebrates, encompassing all common fish. Their internal skeletons are ossified structures, their bodies are bilaterally symmetrical, and they possess gill covers. Within this classification, we first exclude the two largest contenders, the Mola Mola and the Emperor Fish.
The former is known to be the largest species among existing Hardy Fish, but in terms of morphology and characteristics, it is clearly quite different from bass. Moreover, this fish lacks scales and prefers warmer waters, typically inhabiting mid to shallow depths, a trait shared by the Emperor Fish.
As the longest Hardy Fish in the world, the Bighead Saury is sometimes considered a prototype for certain sea monster legends.
Currently, this fish generally resides in upper to mid-ocean regions where light can penetrate, reaching depths of up to 1 km, which still differs slightly from the diving depths of the Deep Sea Star.
The largest known deep-sea Hardy Fish was confirmed in 2021 by Japan in waters deeper than 2000 meters off the Kii Peninsula and Shizuoka Bay. By 2022, Japan had collected six individual specimens of this species.
A Deep Sea Bait Camera captured an individual over two and a half meters long at a depth of 2091 meters, indicating that they may grow even larger. Most discussions online suggest that the large fish encountered by the Deep Sea Star was indeed this species.
Although it falls far short of Joe Thompson's estimated size of 8 to 12 meters, as a recently confirmed species, there remains significant room for research on Hoplosternum Littorale.
A reasonable conclusion comes from a Reddit forum where a moderator specializing in cryptozoology noted that large-scale commercial whaling activities were only mandated to cease in the 1980s.
The drastic reduction in whale populations has also impacted the entire marine food chain. Some large deep-sea benthic organisms that relied on scavenging whale falls may have been forced out of existence before they were even discovered by humans due to diminishing food sources.
The large fish encountered by the Deep Sea Star may be some of these endangered species or perhaps just one of their last remaining individuals. Thus concludes our analysis of the mysterious large fish incident involving the Deep Sea Star.
The mysteries of the ocean are like an unfinished book, with each page hiding unknown stories and new enigmas waiting for human exploration.
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