Exploring in this way is sort of like wandering around in the dark with a flashlight moving
around trying to find something that may or may not be here.
I think we'll just keep our distance from that.
I've never seen one of these live before.
This is a six gill stingray, a Hexatrygon bickelli, and it's a very unusual observation.
We almost nothing about the biology of this species.
You're getting among the first videos of live individuals of these.
I think that might be an Etmopterus.
You see the dark streaks on the side towards the back.
The light colored areas in-between.
My guess is that it's a lantern shark.
There are three known species in the genus Etmopterus in the hawaiian island, but this
one doesn't look quite like any of those three.
Another ecological mystery, from the Okeanos Explorer dives and puzzle to be solved.