On East Diamante seamount, a banded butterfly fish hovers over a white mat of bacterial filaments.

A banded butterfly fish hovers on Diamante seamount over a white mat of bacterial filaments growing in venting fluids. Image courtesy of Verena Tunnicliffe.

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