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Grenadier

Photo: NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022
Photo: NOAA Ocean Exploration, Voyage to the Ridge 2022

This grenadier (or rattail), a member of one of the most abundant deep-sea fish families, came eye-to-lens with the ROV. Though common, little is known about their lives because very few (or possibly no) grenadier larvae have ever been collected.