Hoelzel, A. Rus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-4180
Garza, John Carlos
Clemento, Anthony https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3598-7151
Gkafas, Georgios A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6410-682X
Steeds, Natasha
Gaither, Michelle
Peachment, Harry
Regnier, Thomas
Gibb, Fiona
Article History
Received: 15 July 2025
Revised: 6 November 2025
Accepted: 7 November 2025
First Online: 27 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements. It was based on opportunistic sampling from deep water surveys. Fish were brought aboard deceased and sampled postmortem.