Data from: A new mesophotic goby, Palatogobius incendius (Teleostei: Gobiidae), and the first record of invasive lionfish preying on undescribed biodiversity

Lionfish preying upon undescribed speciesDuring a submersible dive off the coast of Curacao in 2015, researchers from the Smithsonian Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP) observed an invasive lionfish preying on an undescribed species of deep-reef fish. The species is a member of the family Gobiidae (gobies), and the genus Palatogobius. It occurs in large schools on deep reefs at depths of 88-200 m. It is currently being formally described in a scientific journal by the Smithsonian team. This species is one of many new species recently discovered through exploratory submersible diving in the Caribbean.Lionfish_preying_upon_undescribed_species_full_I.mp4

捕食未描述新种的蓑鲉
2015年，在库拉索岛沿岸的一次潜水器下潜作业中，史密森尼深海观测项目（Smithsonian Deep Reef Observation Project, DROP）的研究人员观察到一条入侵性蓑鲉正在捕食一种尚未被正式描述的深海鱼类新种。该物种隶属于鰕虎鱼科（Gobiidae）的帕拉特鰕虎鱼属（Palatogobius），常以大群形式栖息于水深88至200米的深海礁区。目前，史密森尼团队正在某学术期刊中对该物种开展正式的分类学描述工作。此物种是近年通过加勒比海区域探索性潜水器下潜所发现的众多新物种之一。
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