Thousands of small deep-water scorpionfish (Setarches guentheri) were seen resting on sediments of low-gradient slopes or the tops of rock domes in the U.S. Line Islands.
Deepwater Scorpionfish
Photograph by Terry Kerby or Max Cremer, courtesy of the Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Laboratory. Download larger version (jpg, 802 KB).

Thousands of small deepwater scorpionfish (Setarches guentheri) were seen resting on sediments of low-gradient slopes or the tops of rock domes in the U.S. Line Islands. This abundance of scorpionfish was not found in the Hawaiian Islands. When we first approached these areas and saw the small, dark spots on the slopes, we thought they were holes. To our surprise, a closer look showed them to be small fish.

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