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Fish (Chauliodus danae (dana viperfish))

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.12.7.187

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

16 February 1875

Area or Water body

North of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Western Central Pacific Ocean

Form

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 35.4
Depth (Fathoms): 2000
Sediment sample: Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02772
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02224
Surface Temperature (°F): 82.8
Temperature at x fathoms: 83.2;81.5;78.8;71.8;65;57.8;51.5;48.7

Type status

Syntype?

Taxonomic groups

Chauliodus danae
Chauliodus
Stomiidae
Stomiiformes
Actinopterygii
Chordata
Animalia

Gear

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