Rare footage of whalefish, Cetostoma regani

Video is supplementary material from Biology Letters article 'Deep-sea mystery solved: astonishing larval transformations and extreme sexual dimorphism unite three fish families' available to access via http://journals.royalsociety.org/open... (free to access).

Female long-finned whalefish, Cetostoma regani. Segment 1, Monterey Canyon, CA, USA, 1450 m, 19 November 2004, MBARI T765, taken by ROV Tiburon from R/V Western Flyer. Camera, audio Karen Osborn, ROV Pilot, MBARI, 5 seconds; Segment 2, Monterey Canyon, CA, USA, 1640 m, 5 April 2006, MBARI T961, taken by ROV Tiburon from R/V Western Flyer. Camera, audio Bruce Robison, Senior Scientist, MBARI, 33 seconds; Segment 3, slow motion of last part of Segment 2, no audio, 25 seconds. Video courtesy of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; post production by David Rawlinson (AMS).

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