Image Reference Number: 005313
Common Name: Hydrothermal vent eelpout fish
Scientific Name: Thermarces cerberus
Location: Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific
Description: Eelpout (Thermarces cerberus) on hydrothermal vent mussels (Bathymodiolus) these deep-sea fish are specialised to live in hydrothermal vent communities, and prey mainly upon vent crustaceans, such as amphipods and crabs.


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