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Vertebrates: Fish / Skates and Eels / Sharks
Invertebrates: Sponges / Jellyfish, sea anemones / Corals / Sea stars, brittle stars, and sea urchins / Molluscs / Crabs and shrimp
Seafloor: Geologic features / Habitat / Bacterial Mats / Hydrates / Marine Mammals and Birds
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Slickhead at Bear Seamount |
A swimming grenadier (or rattail) |
A chimaera at Bear Seamount |
Nezumia foraging along the edge of a basalt outcrop. |
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A deep sea Roundnose Grenadier. |
The deep water fish, Lamonema. |
An eel type fish, Synapho-branchus. |
A deep-sea anglerfish from Bear Seamount. |
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A grenadier or "rattail" hovers near the bottom. |
A gaper rests on its pectoral and pelvic fins at a depth of 1,860 ft. |
Scientists diving in the JSL II stumbled upon a red lionfish (Pterolis volitans). |
Scientists captured this unsuspecting goby, just 1.5 cm long. (HR) |
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The greeneye fish is one of many creatures observed during the first dive day. |
Lionfish specimen. |
Band wing flyingfish |
Small wing flyingfish. |
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Gonostoma elongatum, a mid-water fish. |
Collecting muscle tissue samples from organisms, like this Greeneye. |
Three-eyed flounder. |
Greeneyes are known for their iridescent blue-green eyes. |
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Acadian redfish near one of the mystery wrecks. |
Several Pollock can be seen in the wrecksite. |
Pollock swim around a windlass. |
A cod pass over steam pipes |
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A scorpionfish with a mound of anemones and sponges. (HR) |
The Spanish flag (Gonioplectrus hispanus). |
The yellowtail reeffish (Chromis enchrysura). |
The threadnose bass (Anthias tenuis). |
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A banner blenny (Emblemaria atlanticus). |
The yellowtail reeffish (Chromis enchrysura). |
A juvenile scamp (Mycteroperca phenax). |
Scorpion fish collected of Diaphus Bank. (HR) |
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Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda). (HR) |
Juvenile threespot damselfish in a pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus). |
A redeye gaper fish and brittle star say. (HR) |
A ratfish cruises the bottom depths at 236 feet. |
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Unidentified frogfish. |
Scorpaenid fish. |
A tiny spiny puffer fish caught in one of the neuston net tows. (HR) |
Acoral hake swimming among the Lophelia coral. |
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A deep-sea fish called a green eye |
This Houndfish was also caught during night-lighting. |
A juvenile needlefish caught during night-lighting. |
A juvenile scrawled filefish found within the mass of sargassum. |
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This juvenile trigger fishwas captured near the surface in a neuston net. |
This bottom dwelling fish usually moves across the ocean floor crawling on a pair of modified pectoral fins. |
A lionfish, is sighted several times during dive operations. |
Coney grouper exhibiting different color variations. |
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Different markings in species of butterfly fish. |
Major characteristics used to identify fish. |
An adult blackbelly rosefish |
Larvae of the snapper species Lutjanidae. |
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Schools of vermilion snapper. |
A pink fish. |
Arctic cod, Boreogadus saida. |
The "alphonsin" Beryx decadactylus. |
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A member of the Bathygadid fish family. |
A tinselfish kiss. | A tinselfish encounter. |
Wreckfish |
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A deep-sea fish and mussel bed |
Sailfish larva |
Deep sea anglerfish (Chaunax pictus) |
Batfish |
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Batfish (underside) |
The Charleston Bump provides a valuable nursery habitat, and possibly spawning grounds, for swordfish. |
Lanternfish (myctophid) larva |
Snake mackeral larva |
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Lanternfish |
Rattail fish |
Puffer larva |
Anglerfish among coral |
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Anglerfish close-up |
Anglerfish close-up |
Anglerfish |
Wolf eelpout |
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Eelpout |
Barracuda |
Roughtongue bass |
Hatchetfish |
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Witch flounder |
Lantern fish (myctophiids) |
Sponges and a greater amberjack |
Sablefish |
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Scamps and cubbyu |
Amberjack and snapper |
Various fish |
Blue angelfish and a red snapper |
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Greater amberjacks |
Wreckfish |
Eel pout |
Gag grouper |
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Scamp groupers |
Greater amberjack |
Amberjack school |
Snowy grouper |
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Spanish flag |
Streamer bass |
Hake |
Gag grouper over oculina coral |
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Scamp grouper |
Roughtongue bass |
Roughtongue bass |
Gag grouper |
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Snowy grouper |
Flag rockfish |
Ratfish |
Prickleback |
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Bocaccio rockfish |
School of pygmy rockfish |
School of sablefish |
Tiger rockfish and sponge |
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Hagfish |
Two poachers and a rockfish |
School of yellowtail rockfish |
Longspine thornyhead rockfish |
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Lantern fish (myctophiids) |
Shortspine thornyhead rockfish |
Thornyhead rockfish and brittle stars |
Rockfish |
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August 29 |
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Large skate egg case. |
A skate cruises along the seafloor. (HR) |
A cusk eel finding shelter under coral. |
A deep sea ray and sea whip coral as observed from Alvin. |
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A deep-dwelling skate slowly swims by Alvin. |
Manta seen from Johnson Sea Link |
Manta swimming over wreck |
An Unidentified skate or ray |
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Lebensspuren and an eel pout. |
A blackskate, a grenadier, sponges and anemones |
Sharptail eel |
Conger eel |
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Scientists were surprised by a rare sighting of a shark at the Kasuga-2 hydrothermal system. |
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Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). (HR) |
A large shark swimming around large clusters of Lophelia bushes. |
A shark around the camera on the ROV. |
A small shark swims nearby as scientists examine a sponge |
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Summary I Spongehead catshark. |
A smalltooth sand tiger shark. |
Cuban dogfish |
Chain dogfish |
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A small wood warbler, presumably blown off course while migrating from its winter home in Central or South America. |
August 9 |
August 9 |
spotted dolphin provide a spectacular show as they ride the wake of the bow. |
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a glimpse of OCNMS's astonishing living resources. |
A feeding frenzy above and below the sea surface. |
Blackfooted albatross soar over the swells. |
Blackfooted albatross travel to OCNMS. (HR) |
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Breaching humpback. |
A humpback rolls on its side. |
A launch speeds toward surfacing humpbacks |
A whale's tail shows distinctive fluke patterns. (HR) |
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An albatross lingers around the boat during ROV operations. |
Whale sighted off of San Miguel. |
A Dall's porpoise. (HR) |
Mother polar bear and cubs. |
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