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Fish (Ceratias uranoscopus (Stargazing seadevil))

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.12.7.15

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

23 July 1873

Area or Water body

Off Spanish Sahara
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean

Form

FAO

34

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 36.6
Depth (Fathoms): 2400
Sediment sample: Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02532
Surface Temperature (°F): 73.5
Temperature at x fathoms: 64;56;50.5;47;44.5;43;42;41;40;39;38;37.4;37;36.8;36.7

Type status

Holotype

Taxonomic groups

Ceratias uranoscopus
Ceratias
Ceratiidae
Lophiiformes
Actinopterygii
Chordata
Animalia

Station

89

Gear

Trawl

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