600 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0600.jpg) |
A large black sponge with sea urchin spines and yellow encrustation in foreground. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
601 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0601.jpg) |
Coral (Montastrea cavernosa). |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
602 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0602.jpg) |
Coral (Montastrea cavernosa). |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
603 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0603.jpg) |
Coral (Montastrea cavernosa) with spotfin hogfish , creole , reef butterfly fish and an assortment of smaller fish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
604 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0604.jpg) |
A coney (Cephalopholis fulvus) partially hidden with purple sponge to the left. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
605 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0605.jpg) |
Coral capping the top of MacGrail Bank. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
606 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0606.jpg) |
Rope sponge in center, elephant ear sponge to right. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
607 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0607.jpg) |
Scrawled cowfish ( Acanthostracion quadricornis). |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
608 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0608.jpg) |
A school of creole-fish (Paranthias furcifer) cruise over MacGrail Bank. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
609 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0609.jpg) |
Crinoid. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
610 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0610.jpg) |
Crinoid. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
611 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0611.jpg) |
Crinoid and fish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
612 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0612.jpg) |
Crinoids, hydroids, and whip coral. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
613 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0613.jpg) |
Cubbyu (Pareques umbrosus) under ledge. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
614 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0614.jpg) |
Gold-faced puffer. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
615 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0615.jpg) |
A white gorgonian. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
616 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0616.jpg) |
Numerous types of algae visible in this image. Although over 50 meters deep, the light penetrates through the very clear water in this area of the Gulf of Mexico . |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
617 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0617.jpg) |
A hydroid, which although an animal, appears like a plant-like bush. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
618 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0618.jpg) |
A hydroid and rhodophyta algae. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
619 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0619.jpg) |
A hypnogorgia octocoral. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
620 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0620.jpg) |
A beautiful landscape. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
621 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0621.jpg) |
Octorals and a crinoid in the foreground. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
622 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0622.jpg) |
Whip corals and reef fish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
623 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0623.jpg) |
Numerous soft corals and reef fish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
624 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0624.jpg) |
A large moray eel. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
625 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0625.jpg) |
Peterson's cleaner shrimp on a large sponge with colonial tubeworms. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
626 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0626.jpg) |
Phaeophyta algae. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
627 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0627.jpg) |
Pseudoceratina crassa tube sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
628 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0628.jpg) |
Pseudoceratina crassa tube sponge. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
629 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0629.jpg) |
A closer view of Peterson's shrimp with colonial tubeworms. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
630 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0630.jpg) |
Several species of red algae grow on rhodoliths at about 75 m depth (225 ft) Notable species include Halymenia, composed of large, flat blades (large pink seaweed in center); Gracilaria blodgettii, a cylindrical species in right foreground; Kallyemia westii, a pale pink species with perforated blades in extreme left center foreground. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
631 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0631.jpg) |
Rhodophyta algae with large brown and white sea cucumber. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
632 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0632.jpg) |
A rough-tail ray "flying" above the bottom. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
633 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0633.jpg) |
Stern view of a saddle bass. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
634 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0634.jpg) |
Sand tilefish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
635 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0635.jpg) |
A scamp. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
636 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0636.jpg) |
A seapen waving in the current. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
637 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0637.jpg) |
A searobin. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
638 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0638.jpg) |
A searobin with fins extended in order to look more formidable. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
639 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0639.jpg) |
A brownish-orange seastar. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
640 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0640.jpg) |
A large orange many-legged seastar. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
641 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0641.jpg) |
A purple spiny urchin, Arbacia punctulata . |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
642 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0642.jpg) |
A squirrelfish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
643 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0643.jpg) |
Squirrelfish and algae, particularly Codium repens. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
644 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0644.jpg) |
A red gorgonian. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
645 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0645.jpg) |
Closeup of a red gorgonian with polyps extended. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
646 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0646.jpg) |
A triggerfish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
647 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0647.jpg) |
Triggerfish. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
648 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0648.jpg) |
A tube anemone. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |
649 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924195513im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/expl0649.jpg) |
Unidentified algae residing on Clypeaster sp. sea urchin. |
Gulf of Mexico, McGrail Bank |