Sit back and enjoy the pelagic magic of deepsea, openocean, and larval lifeforms filmed thousands of feet above the seafloor on a “blackwater dive” by our team of Aquarium scientists.

This is the species ID companion for our latest “The Greatest Animal Migration On Earth Happens Every Night In The Ocean!” video:    • The Greatest Animal Migration On Eart...  

More Into The Deep:    • Into The Deep: Exploring Our Undiscov...  

[00:00] Mauve Stinger | Pelagia sp.
[00:26] Christmas tree siphonophore | Forskalia sp.
[00:49] Siphonophore | Suborder Calycophorae
[1:01] Goatfish | Family Mullidae
[1:14] Reef cornetfish | Fistularia commersonii
[1:28] Lizardfish | Family Synodontidae
[1:41] Leptocephalus snake eel larva | Order Opichthidae
[1:55] Leptocephalus eel larva | Order Anguilliformes
[2:26] Doliolid | Order Doliolida
[2:36] Cyclosalp | Cyclosalpa polae
[2:47] Chain of common salps | Salpa aspera
[3:18] Cyclosalp | Cyclosalpa affinis
[3:39] Pyrosome | Pyrosoma sp.
[4:02] Venus's girdle comb jelly | Cestum veneris
[4:23] Spotted comb jelly | Leucothea sp.
[4:45] Butterfly comb jelly | Ocyropsis sp.
[5:09] Mantis shrimp | Order Stomatopoda
[5:31] Radiolarian | Collozoum sp.
[5:44] Gossamer worm | Tomopteris sp.
[6:07] Sea elephant | Pterotrachea sp.
[6:34] Sea butterfly | Cavolinia sp.
[6:47] Sharpear enope squid | Ancistrocheirus lesueurii
[6:59] Purpleback flying squid | Stenoteuthis oaualaniensis

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