Tortugas Video

Riley's Hump
2.6 MB QuickTime	This footage was taken at Riley's Hump, a formation associated with the Tortugas South Ecological Reserve. This footage shows typical bottom structure and reef fish species.
2.7 MB QuickTime	This second video from Riley's Hump shows additional bottom features and resident fish species. Riley's Hump has been shown to be an important spawning area for a number of fish species.
Miller's Ledge?
2.3 MB QuickTime	This Armored Sea Robin was captured on video at approximately 750 ft in an area of the Tortugas South Ecological Reserve known as Miller's Ledge.
1.7 MB QuickTime	This spider crab was found walking across a soft mud bottom. Spider crabs and Golden crabs are both found in abundance near Miller's Ledge and in other deep ocean area of the Tortugas South Ecological Researve.
1.1 MB QuickTime	Spooked by a wandering shrimp, this gadid makes a short, fast dash for escape.
3.0 MB QuickTime	In the depths of the ocean where even the most powerful of the tropical sunlight cannot pennetrate, eyes are of little use to this blind lobster..
2.4 MB QuickTime	This Gadid (genus Laemonema) is common in deep reef environments of the mid to upper continental shelf slope.

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