A juvenile scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus) found within the mass ofsargassum. It's cryptic coloring helps it avoid preditors as it lives among thetangled mass of floating algae. This species may grow as long as two to threefeet in length.
4/8/2019 12:05:55 PM
Photographer: Bruce Moravchik
Affiliation: NOAA
Credit: Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
Location: South Atlantic Bight, Southeast United States
Subject: Ocean exploration
Subject: Fish