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Fish (Platystethus abbreviatus)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1885.10.15.3

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

23 June 1874

Area or Water body

Off Cape Farewell, west of New Zealand
Tasman Sea

Form

FAO

81

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 50.8
Depth (Fathoms): 275
Sediment sample: Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02772
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02644
Surface Temperature (°F): 58.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 58.5;56.5;54.7;52.7;50.8

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Platystethus abbreviatus
Platystethus
Zeidae
Zeiformes
Actinopterygii
Chordata
Animalia

Station

166

Gear

Trawl

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