During operations of the Johnson SEA-LINK submersible in the Lesser Antilles in 1989 and off Belize and Mexico in 1990, we collected sea cucumbers at depths between 45-235 m. Examination revealed a high incidence of tenuis larvae and exceptionally large and deeply pigmented adult pearl fish in Holothuria lentiginosa and Eostichopus arnesoni.

Depth range
45- 235 m

Mesophotic “mentions”
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Classification
* Presents original data
* Focused on 'mesophotic' depth range
* Focused on 'mesophotic coral ecosystem'

Fields
Ecology
Biodiversity

Focusgroups
Fishes
Other invertebrates

Locations
Belize
USA - Continental Atlantic Ocean
Mexico - Caribbean Sea

Platforms
Manned Submersible