A ‘clam shell’ collecting apparatus is used to attempt the captuer of the elusive tinsel fish

The ROV pilot used a ‘clam shell’ collecting apparatus in one of numerous attempts to capture this elusive tinsel fish. Image courtesy of University of Alabama and NOAA OE.

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