A total of eight deployments of an autonomous baited camera lander were conducted at the Cabo Verde Abyssal Plain (tropical East Atlantic, Lat. 14.72, Lon. -25.19, Water depth ~4200 m) using either Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus, n=4) or Patagonian squid (Doryteuthis gahi, n=4) bait, to photograph organisms attracted to the bait over roughly 24 hours. The deployments took place during the iMirabilis2 campaign in August 2021 from the research vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa. This data set provides information on the consumption of the different baits by abyssal fauna assessed as the reduction in wet weight over the course of the deployment.

Time of lander arrival on seafloor can be back-calculated from 'Time at seafloor' and 'Time of lander release from seafloor'.