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If you take a look at the Seirios view

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You can see how big this fish is in comparison to the Deep Discoverer ROV

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Yeah, the fish makes D2 look small

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This is a halibut, it looks like the Atlantic Halibut

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The scientific name of this fish is Hippoglossus hippoglossus

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So good you got to name it twice!

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So it looks, lengthwise, that the fish is well over a meter in size, that's quite a whopper!

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So as we get a good look at this fish, you can see its eyes are on the side of its body

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Oddly enough, they're not born like that, correct?

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The eyes are in the normal position and they start to migrate as they grow.

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Oh wow! (laughs)

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Yeah, this species is actually an endangered species.

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So, it's really a good observation of one in its natural habitat.

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And we've seen, what, at least three today.

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That's really good density for being just a couple of hours being on bottom.

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So, either one of these sitings would have been notable.

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Maybe we should rename the canyon, Halibut Canyon!

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Wow that looked like a predation event that we just saw.