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Fish (Bathynectes gracilis)

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.12.7.52

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

29 August 1874

Area or Water body

East of Cape York, North-east Australia
Coral Sea

Form

FAO

71

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 36
Depth (Fathoms): 1400
Sediment sample: Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02816
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02373
Surface Temperature (°F): 77.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 76.6;74.3;70.8;66.8;62.5;58.2;54.2;51;48;44.3;41;39.7;36

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Bathynectes gracilis
Bathynectes
Ophidiidae
Ophidiiformes
Actinopterygii
Chordata
Animalia

Station

184

Gear

Trawl

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