Skip to content

Home
About the Project
The Voyage
The Collection
Blog
Resources

Collections

Fish (Nettastoma parviceps (Duck-billed eel))

Search for objects:

Accession number

NHMUK-1879.5.14.440

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

12 May 1875

Area or Water body

South of Yedo (Jeddo/Edo), Japan
Northwest Pacific Ocean

Form

FAO

61

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 41.1
Depth (Fathoms): 345
Sediment sample: Green mud
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02485
Surface Temperature (°F): 64.2
Temperature at x fathoms: 62.8;58.8;55.4;53;51.4;50;48.7;47.4;46.1;45

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Nettastoma parviceps
Nettastoma
Nettastomatidae
Anguilliformes
Actinopterygii
Chordata
Animalia

Station

232

Gear

Dredge & Trawl

Footer bar menu

Privacy
Cookies
Legal (T&C)
Contact
Help

Website by The Museum Platform