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January 29, 2021: Skate
Skates like this one are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae. This close-up view was captured at a depth of approximately 780 meters (2,560 feet) during a Windows to the Deep 2019 dive approximately 98 miles offshore of the Florida coast at a site called “Stetson Mesa South Mounds.”
Credit

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2019.