View Tonguefish swimming over a molten sulfur pond near the Mariana Islands
Tonguefish (family Cynoglossidae) swimming out over the crusted surface of a molten sulfur pond in a submarine volcanic area near the Mariana Islands.
Major funding for this expedition was provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration Program and NOAA Vents Program; video clips edited by Bill Chadwick, Oregon State University/NOAA
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Major funding for this expedition was provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration Program and NOAA Vents Program; video clips edited by Bill Chadwick, Oregon State University/NOAAA dense group of tonguefish (Family Cynoglossidae) on the sedimented seafloor at Daikoku, an undersea volcano near the Mariana Islands.
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