Sargassum fish it ranges from the Gulf of Maine south to Uruguay. It has been reported from northern Norway, but that sighting is likely to be as a result of its having been carried along by the North Atlantic Current. The sargassum fish is a voracious ambush predator that is also a cannibal. One individual was dissected and found to have 16 juveniles in its stomach. It stalks its prey among the tangled weeds, relying on its cryptic camouflage for concealment. It can clamber through and cling to the seaweed stalks with its prehensile pectoral fins. It dangles its esca as a
Mary Harriet Bate retains 361 of her plant specimens and the collection includes the rare shrub "Myoporum bateae" and the moss "Bryum bateae" named for her. Also there are the moss "Bryum viridulum" as well as the basidiomycete "Trametes heteromalla" , the alga "Sargassum laevigatum" and the tree "Eucalyptus bosistoana". All these were type specimens for the respective species which she collected. Her algal specimens were identified by Jacob Agardh, the fungal specimens by Mordecai Cooke and the bryophytes by Carl Müller. Bate was only one of Mueller's at least 220 female collectors, although she was one of the more prolific of them.