A common predator that occurs on deep coral banks is the blackbelly rosefish

Figure 3. A common predator that occurs on deep coral banks is Helicolenus dactylopterus (blackbelly rosefish). We are analyzing the stomach contents of this species, among others, to determine what it is eating and how it relates to other species in the energy flow on deep coral banks. Image courtesy of Ross et al., NOAA, HBOI.

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