Fish
28.8.99.72b
Holding institution:
Donor:
Trustees of the British Museum, 1899
Licence:
HMS Challenger project IPR statement
Common name:
Live sharksucker
Scientific name:
Echeneis naucrates
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
16 March 1873 - 24 March 1873
Form:
Fluid
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Echeneidae
Genus:
Echeneis Linnaeus, 1758
Species:
Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Station/Area Information
Date collected:
16 March 1873 - 24 March 1873
Area:
St Thomas, West Indies
Water body:
Western Central Atlantic Ocean