Image of sleeper sharks

Description:

Description: A deep-sea shark attracted to a baited time-lapse camera experiment in the deep western Indian Ocean. Deep-sea sharks were common visitors to these experiments but this individual is a different species to the majority.
Item Type: Image
Title: Deep-sea shark
Copyright: SERPENT
Species: Centroscymnus sp.
Behaviour: Scavenging on a simulated food-fall.
Site: Indian -- Indian Ocean -- East Africa -- Mzia-3
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1700
Countries: East Africa -- Tanzania
Habitat: benthic
Rig: Deep Sea Metro I
Project Partners: BG Group, Oceaneering
ROV: Millennium 114
Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On: 06 August 2015