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Fish (Sternoptyx diaphana (Diaphanous Hatchet Fish))

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Accession number

NHMUK-1887.12.7.149

Holding institution

Natural History Museum, London

Date collected

19 August 1873

Area or Water body

Sierra Leone Basin
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean

Form

FAO

34

Field measurements and observations

Bottom Temperature (°F): 36.4
Depth (Fathoms): 2500
Sediment sample: Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02348
Surface Temperature (°F): 79.2
Temperature at x fathoms: 72.6;62.5;58.8;56.2;54.1;52.2;48.3;43.3;40.8;39.7;39.5;39.4;39.3

Taxonomic groups

Sternoptyx diaphana
Sternoptyx
Sternoptychidae
Stomiiformes
Actinopterygii
Chordata
Animalia

Station

101

Gear

Trawl

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