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seafloor vertebrates
Seafloor Vertebrates
Sea Life
Small gobie scavenges on remains of a tiny clam.
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French angelfish are common on shallow tropical reefs.Pomacanthus paru.
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Blue chromis use corals for refuge from larger predators.Chromis cyaneus.
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Tilefish live in burrows, sometimes forming undersea Pueblo villages.Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps.
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Goosefish laying camoflaged on a northern rocky reef.Lophius americanus.
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Yellow-headed wrasse hover over brain coral.Halichoeres garnoti.
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Brain corals are an important reef building species throughout the tropics.Diploria sp.
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Bank sea bass pick through the rubble near temperate reefs.Centropristis sp.
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Rock fish blends in with soft coral cover.
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Rat-tail, also known as a grenadier. These bony fishinhabit sandy plains along the continental slope. Grenadierbelong to the family Macrouridae and are gadiformes (cod-like fishes).
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Balloonfish deflated and resting.Diodon holocanthus.
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Manta ray rises from the sand at the base of a Carolina reef.
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Northern tilefish inspects its deep sea burrow off New England.Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps.
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Nassau grouper ambushes its prey on Caribbean coral reefs.Epinephelus striatus.
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Blackbar soldierfish huddle within a coral reef nook.Myripristus jacobus.
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Yelloweye rockfish, Sebastes ruberrimus, is a species in a common genusof Pacific rockfish.
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Lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, are an important commercial and recreationalfish species.
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Wolf-eels, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, have powerful jaws for crushing bivalves.
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Bat-fish, wearing too much make-up, poses to intimidate.Ogcocephalus parvus.
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Scorpionfish's ugly visage allows it to hide in northern seaweed beds.Scorpaena plumieri.
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