A species, which was only recently described in 2015, was known primarily from the Pacific and off the Atlantic coast of Africa. The Okeanos Explorer has now observed this species, called Sibogaster nieseni, from the Gulf of Mexico!
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Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2018.
A species, which was only recently described in 2015, was known primarily from the Pacific and off the Atlantic coast of Africa. The Okeanos Explorer has now observed this species, called Sibogaster nieseni, from the Gulf of Mexico! Download larger version (jpg, 1.0 MB).
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