Trove of Unknown Deep-Sea Life Discovered in the South Pacific

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Fish seen during Dive 668. Image: ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute under CC BY-NC-SA

These fish were found along a transect on the summit of the seamount Pukao, about 50 miles west of Rapa Nui. It’s possible that these are a mix of two known fish species, Sargocentron wilhelmi (a species of squirrelfish) and Pristilepsis oligolepis (a species of soldierfish).

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