According to this article, the single most abundant vertebrate on Earth is the bristlemouth, "a crayon-size fish with a miniature monster’s maw for a face" that exists in the quadrillions in the deep sea. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...
The long read: The bottom of the ocean has barely been explored, but every journey to the deep reveals wondrous new lifeforms. As underwater mining gains momentum, we risk destroying one of the Earth’...
