A sablefish, also called black cod, swims above a substrate heavily colonized by encrusting sponges during Dive 14 of the Seascape Alaska 5 Expedition.
Sablefish
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A sablefish, also called black cod, swims above a substrate heavily colonized by encrusting sponges during Dive 14 of the Seascape Alaska 5 expedition.