Videos (QuickTime required.)

April 5
A close encounter with an angel fish as it swims by a black smoker. (QuickTime, 620 Kb)

May 11
Watch a pod of pilot whales as seen from the deck of the Ronald H. Brown. (QuickTime, 844 Kb)

August 9
A variety of whales, including finback, humpback, and sperm whales, accompany us daily. (QuickTime, 1.6 Mb)

August 17
The Eye-In-The-Sea camera captures giant isopods and a hungry six-gill shark. (Quicktime, 1.5 Mb.)

August 16
The exploration team discovers a fluorescent greeneye fish under the submersible's blue-filtered headlights. (Quicktime, 1 Mb.)

August 12
A strange encounter with a swordfish at 1,760 ft below the surface. (Quicktime, 444 Kb.)

August 9
A six-gill shark was spotted over 2,100 ft below the surface. (QuickTime, 964 Kb)

August 26
A lantern shark swims above the sandy bottom at the "Sandy Tongue" dive site. (Quicktime, 1 Mb.)

August 26
A frilled shark swims above the sea floor. (QuickTime, 1.1 Mb)

August 26
Shaefer's anglerfish brought up by the Johnson-Sea-Link II. (QuickTime, 1.8 Mb)

August 25
A lizard fish sits on the bottom and waits for its prey to approach. (QuickTime, 536 Kb)

August 25
A small fish sits near the bottom as a crab hops by. (QuickTime, 708 Kb)

August 24
A North Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus) in its natural habitat. (QuickTime, 1.3 Mb)

August 24
The red bream (Beryx decadactylus) in its natural habitat. (QuickTime, 1.4 Mb)

Wreckfish and red bream share space under a slab of manganese- phosphorite. (QuickTime, 516 Kb)

Video of a lionfish eluding capture. (QuickTime, 1.1 Mb)

Anglerfish (QuickTime, 2.3 MB)

A halosaur, a deep sea eel.

Collecting a fish sample.

A video of a brief encounter with a Galapagos sea lion.

snowy groupers, Epinephelus niveatus, supervise submersible collections. (QuickTime, 800 kb)

A beautiful hogfish swims by the Johnson-Sea-Link. (QuickTime, 540 kb)

A closeup encounter with a large moray eel. (QuickTime, 540 kb)

A slideshow of organisms the Johnson Sea-Link encountered during a dive. (QuickTime, 520 kb)

During a dive the submersible crew encounters groupings of Almaco jacks. (QuickTime, 504kb)

Video sighting of a Lionfish, an invasive species. (QuickTime, 1.1 Mb)

Video of a scamp grouper rapidly changing color. (QuickTime, 688 kb)

Fish slideshow.

Polar bears.

Whale shark (QuickTime, 785k).

Images

Fish (Phylum Chordata)

April 15
Flatfish (sole) were found in great numbers at Kasuga-1 and Daikoku volcanoes. (HR)

April 8
Soft corals (~10-15 cm tall) and tropical fish share the paradise we named “Aquarium." (HR)

April 8
Tropical fish swim above boulders covered with bacterial mats, which indicate the presence of hydrothermal venting. (HR)

April 5
A unique photograph of a shallow-water tropical fish swimming among active black smoker chimneys.

Summary
Antimora over sandy portion of seamount. (HR)

Summary
Roundnose in a head-down swimming posture.

May 21
A mola mola soaks up the sun. (HR)

May 14
Chimaera on Bear Seamount.

May 12
Chimaera on Bear Seamount.

August 16
Note the green fluorescence of the eyes of this shortnose greeneye fish. The submersible team collected the specimen for optical studies in the ship’s onboard laboratory. (HR)

August 16
Under white light the green lenses of this 6-inch greeneye fish are still quite apparent. (HR)

August 30
Foraminiferan limestone and numerous red bream (HR)

August 29
Wreckfish (HR)

August 29
Red Bream (HR)

August 29
Longfish Hake (HR)

August 29
Blackfin (HR)

August 29
Stout Beardfish

August 28
Group of Red Bream, Beryx decadactylus (HR)

August 27
Shaefer’s anglerfish, Sladenia shaefersi (HR)

August 27
Shaefer’s anglerfish, Sladenia shaefersi (HR)

August 26
Snowy grouper (HR)

August 26
A school of yellowfin bass (HR)

August 25
Long-spine porcupinefish (HR)

August 22
Two lasers beams from the submersible reflect off of a wreckfish (HR)

August 22
Laemonema are a type of morid cod (HR)

Slickhead at Bear Seamount

A swimming grenadier (or rattail)

A chimaera at Bear Seamount

Nezumia foraging along the edge of a basalt outcrop.

A deep sea Roundnose Grenadier.

The deep water fish, Lamonema.

An eel type fish, Synapho-branchus.

A deep-sea anglerfish from Bear Seamount.

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)

The greeneye fish is one of many creatures observed during the first dive day.

Lionfish specimen.

Band wing flyingfish

Small wing flyingfish.

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.

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

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).

A banner blenny (Emblemaria atlanticus).

The yellowtail reeffish (Chromis enchrysura).

A juvenile scamp (Mycteroperca phenax).

Scorpion fish collected of Diaphus Bank. (HR)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Different markings in species of butterfly fish.

Major characteristics used to identify fish.

An adult blackbelly rosefish

Larvae of the snapper species Lutjanidae.

Schools of vermilion snapper.

A pink fish.

Arctic cod, Boreogadus saida.

The "alphonsin" Beryx decadactylus.

A member of the Bathygadid fish family.

A tinselfish encounter.

Wreckfish

A deep-sea fish and mussel bed

Sailfish larva

Deep sea anglerfish (Chaunax pictus)

Batfish

Batfish (underside)

The Charleston Bump provides a valuable nursery habitat, and possibly spawning grounds, for swordfish.

Lanternfish (myctophid) larva

Snake mackeral larva

Lanternfish

Rattail fish

Puffer larva

Anglerfish among coral

Anglerfish close-up

Anglerfish close-up

Anglerfish

Wolf eelpout

Eelpout

Barracuda

Roughtongue bass

Hatchetfish

Witch flounder

Lantern fish (myctophiids)

Sponges and a greater amberjack

Sablefish

Scamps and cubbyu

Amberjack and snapper

Various fish

Blue angelfish and a red snapper

Greater amberjacks

Wreckfish

Eel pout

Gag grouper

Scamp groupers

Greater amberjack

Amberjack school

Snowy grouper

Spanish flag

Streamer bass

Hake

Gag grouper over oculina coral

Scamp grouper

Roughtongue bass

Roughtongue bass

Gag grouper

Snowy grouper

Flag rockfish

Ratfish

Prickleback

Bocaccio rockfish

School of pygmy rockfish

School of sablefish

Tiger rockfish and sponge

Hagfish

Two poachers and a rockfish

School of yellowtail rockfish

Longspine thornyhead rockfish

Lantern fish (myctophiids)

Shortspine thornyhead rockfish

Thornyhead rockfish and brittle stars

Rockfish

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Skates & Eels (Phylum Chordata)

August 29
Cutthroat Eel (HR)

August 29
Pluto Skate (HR)

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.

A deep-dwelling skate slowly swims by Alvin.

Manta seen from Johnson Sea Link

Manta swimming over wreck

An Unidentified skate or ray

Lebensspuren and an eel pout.

A blackskate, a grenadier, sponges and anemones

Sharptail eel

Conger eel

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Sharks (Phylum Chordata)

Scientists were surprised by a rare sighting of a shark at the Kasuga-2 hydrothermal system.

August 9
This Sixgill shark was captured on video this morning when the team dove to recover the Eye-In-The-Sea camera system

August 27
A Frilled shark, in his natural habitat (HR)

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

Summary I Spongehead catshark.

A smalltooth sand tiger shark.

Cuban dogfish

Chain dogfish

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Marine Mammals and Birds

A small wood warbler, presumably blown off course while migrating from its winter home in Central or South America.

August 9
A curious black-footed albatross circles the R/V Atlantis.

August 9
A black-footed albatross flies close to the stern of the Atlantis at sunset.

spotted dolphin provide a spectacular show as they ride the wake of the bow.

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)

Breaching humpback.

A humpback rolls on its side.

A launch speeds toward surfacing humpbacks

A whale's tail shows distinctive fluke patterns. (HR)

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.