A pair of Darwin slimeheads (Gephyroberyx darwini) seen under a ledge.
Darwin Slimeheads
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017.
A pair of Darwin slimeheads (Gephyroberyx darwini) seen under a ledge during exploration of “Long Mounds” on the West Florida Escarpment. We saw several aggregations of these fishes, which are closely related to the commercially targeted orange roughy. Although not commercially fished for in the Gulf of Mexico, this species has been used for fishmeal and fish oil in the eastern Atlantic (see fishbase.org ). Download larger version (jpg, 1.0 MB).
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