Seen while exploring an unnamed seamount west of Salmon Bank during the 2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaiʻi expedition, scientists identified this halosaur as belonging to the genus Aldrovandia due to the lack of scales on the fish’s head. Eel-like fishes within the family Halosauridae are found around the world at great ocean depths, but only two genera are known in the waters of Hawaii, including this one — which gave the remotely operated vehicle quite the stare!