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What about taken by a small ROV? Rod On Tue, 6 Feb 1996, Richard Pyle wrote: > > Hi folks, > > A German friend of mine, Helmut Debelius, sent me an article on > "fairy basslets" (also known as "Anthias" - pretty little relatives of > groupers found on coral reefs). Included in this article is a superb > photograph of a fish called "Holanthias borbonius" (I know it sounds > silly, but I promise I'm not making this up). > > Until last December, I had thought this fish had never been seen > by divers, because it is restricted to extremely deep depths (usually in > excess of 500 feet). I found a group of them (and collected one) at the > "shallow" depth of 420 feet on my recent PNG trip. The photo in the > article sent to me by Helmut is clearly not an aquarium photo, and was > obviously not taken by a submersible. Does anyone on this list know > anyhting about trimix divers taking fish pictures way down deep? The > range of this species is Japan (where the photo *might* have been taken, > but the color form doesn't quite match the Japanese form) through to > South Africa. > > Thanks. > > Aloha, > Rich > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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