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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.12.7.175

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

25 August 1875

Area or Water body

Off south of Hawaiian Islands
Eastern Central Pacific Ocean

Form

Fluid

FAO

77

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 35
Depth (Fathoms): 2900
Sediment sample: Radiolarian ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.0257
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.0228
Surface Temperature (°F): 79.2
Temperature at x fathoms: 78.6;77.8;75.8;72.6;69.2;65.6;62;58.3;55.2;53.3;52.3;51.7;51.1;50.6;50.1;49.8;49.5;49.1;48.8;48.5;45.4;43.3;41.5;40.1;39;38.1;37.4;37;36.6;36.3;36;35.7;35.4

Type status

Paralectotype

Taxonomic groups

Gonostoma microdon
Gonostoma
Gonostomatidae
Stomiiformes
Actinopterygii
Chordata
Animalia

Station

265

Gear

Dredge

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