Galbraith, G. F. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9888-2918
Cresswell, B. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-8828
McClure, E. C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3073-1264
Hoey, A. S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-5594
Funding for this research was provided by:
James Cook University
Article History
Received: 23 April 2023
Revised: 30 December 2023
Accepted: 11 January 2024
First Online: 20 February 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This research was conducted under James Cook University Animal Ethics permit A2721.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the acknowledgements, if applicable. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.
: All species recorded by ROV and BRUV in this study are provided as Online Resource 1. A list of depth extensions for fishes compared to FishBase records is provided in Online Resource 1. Occurrence data used to plot Fig. InternalRef removed were downloaded from the OBIS database (OBIS CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed), GBIF database (GBIF CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed,CitationRef removed) and are provided as a csv file at 10.5281/zenodo.7844209.
: All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation and data collection were performed GFG and BJC. Analysis was performed by GFG, BJC and ECM. The first draft of the manuscript was written by GFG, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.