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Fish (Scopelus mizolepis)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.12.7.9

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

23 September 1874

Area or Water body

Off Aru Island, Indonesia
Arafura Sea

Form

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 39.5
Depth (Fathoms): 800
Sediment sample: Green mud
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02158
Surface Temperature (°F): 82.2

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Scopelus mizolepis
Scopelus
Melamphaidae
Stephanoberyciformes
Actinopterygii
Chordata
Animalia

Station

191

Gear

Trawl

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