Image: Larval Spiderfish
A 5 cm long larval deepsea Spiderfish (probably Bathypterois) at a depth of 5 m. The photograph was taken during a diving safety stop at night (9pm - about an hour and thirty minutes after sunset) on 25 March 2010.
- Photographer:
- Dan Dickinson
- Rights:
- © Dan Dickinson
- Common name:
- Spiderfish
- Scientific name:
- Bathypterois sp
- Family:
- Ipnopidae
- Order:
- Aulopiformes
Additional information
The dive location was south-west of the western end of Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea. The sandy bottom was at a depth of 15 m. Scattered coral heads rose to 5 m to 7 m above the bottom. The dive area was about 100 m from the edge of a wall that according to the dive master dropped to a depth of about 2000 m.
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, larval, Spiderfish, Tripod Fish, Ipnopidae,
