Underwater beauty shot. Wide view of squid egg cases look like snow across the ocean bottom. The egg cases of California market squidmove continuously in the ocean current. Good light. The group of fish overhead are tugging at carcass of dead squid. The feeding fish are opaleye fish (Girella nigricans), slender senorita fish (Oxyjulis californica), one young sheep head fish (Semicossyphus pulcher), calico bass (Paralabrix clathratus). There are small islands of algae-covered rocks on the seafloor, that break up the wide spanse of white egg cases. Slow panning shot ends at one rocky spot with a tube dwelling anemone (Ceriantharia) and a hiding young kelp fish (Heterostichus rostratus), center frame. Pacific Ocean bottom. California. West Coast, North America.

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