An Atlantic roughy, Hoplostethus occidentalis, swims at the base of a large Leiopathes glabberima black coral colony at 300 m (984 ft) depth, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Image courtesy of Lophelia II Team 2009, NOAA-OER.
An Atlantic roughy, Hoplostethus occidentalis, swims at the base of a large Leiopathes glabberima black coral colony at 300 m (984 ft) depth, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Image courtesy of Lophelia II Team 2009, NOAA-OER.