Seamounts of Canada's Large Offshore Pacific Area of Interest (a MLNEP guide) [2020]

A major objective of the Marine Life of the Northeast Pacific (MLNEP) project is to support the accuracy and consistency of taxonomic identification in images, as well as to promote collaboration among stake-holders working within this region (project page: ...more ↓

Pacific White Skate 1
Bathyraja spinosissima
Predatory Tunicate 2
Megalodicopia hians
Longfin Dragonfish 4
Tactostoma macropus
Blacktip Poacher 4
Xeneretmus latifrons
Twoline Eelpout 4
Bothrocara brunneum
Pallid Eelpout 5
Lycodapus mandibularis
Wolf Eel 6
Anarrhichthys ocellatus
Decorated Warbonnet 5
Chirolophis decoratus
Alaskan Ronquil 5
Bathymaster caeruleofasciatus
Northern Ronquil 5
Ronquilus jordani
Prowfish 6
Zaprora silenus
Red Irish Lord 4
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Barred rockfish (OTU: CO01) 1
Sebastes (OTU: CO01)
Rougheye Rockfish 1
Sebastes aleutianus
Pacific Ocean Perch 5
Sebastes alutus
Redbanded Rockfish 1
Sebastes babcocki
Silvergray Rockfish 5
Sebastes brevispinis
Greenstriped Rockfish 1
Sebastes elongatus
Widow Rockfish 1
Sebastes entomelas
Yellowtail Rockfish 5
Sebastes flavidus
Rosethorn Rockfish 6
Sebastes helvomaculatus
Quillback Rockfish 1
Sebastes maliger
Blackgill Rockfish 1
Sebastes melanostomus
China Rockfish 4
Sebastes nebulosus
Tiger Rockfish 5
Sebastes nigrocinctus
Bocaccio 4
Sebastes paucispinis
Canary Rockfish 5
Sebastes pinniger
Redstripe Rockfish 1
Sebastes proriger
Yellowmouth Rockfish 5
Sebastes reedi
Yelloweye rockfish 7
Sebastes ruberrimus
Pygmy Rockfish 1
Sebastes wilsoni
Sharpchin Rockfish 5
Sebastes zacentrus
Thornyheads 6
Sebastolobus spp.
Sablefish 1
Anoplopoma fimbria
Giant blob sculpin 6
Psychrolutes phrictus
Pacific Halibut 8
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Deepsea Sole 6
Embassichthys bathybius
Pacific Dover Sole 9
Microstomus pacificus
Giant grenadier 5
Albatrossia pectoralis
Pacific grenadier 6
Coryphaenoides acrolepis
Longnose Skate 11
Raja rhina
Roughtail Skate 1
Bathyraja trachura
Spotted Ratfish 12
Hydrolagus colliei

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