Hello! This alfonsino (Beryx sp.) came in for a close look at remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer during Dive 01 of the second Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition. Alfonsinos have brilliant scarlet red bodies, with silver-tinged sides as well as rather large eyes. They are commercially important fish in the eastern Atlantic.
Alfonsino
Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022. Download larger version (jpg, 1.3 MB).

Hello! This alfonsino (Beryx sp.) came in for a close look at remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer during Dive 01 of the second Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition. Alfonsinos have brilliant scarlet red bodies, with silver-tinged sides as well as rather large eyes. They are commercially important fish in the eastern Atlantic.

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