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#FreshFromTheDeep: A whalefish was spotted last week with ROV Doc Ricketts!
This whalefish (order Cetomimiformes) was encountered by @beroe's team on their R/V Western Flyer expedition 2,013 meters deep offshore of Monterey Bay.
This whalefish (order Cetomimiformes) was encountered by @beroe's team on their R/V Western Flyer expedition 2,013 meters deep offshore of Monterey Bay.
We've only encountered this obscure group of fishes 18 times in 34 years of deep-sea exploration with our ROVs. 
Whalefish have rarely been seen alive in the deep, so many mysteries remain regarding these remarkable fish. With each deep-sea dive, we uncover more mysteries and solve others.
