Fish
NHMUK-1887.12.7.118
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Macrurus denticulatus
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
23 June 1874 - 23 June 1874
Form:
Fluid
Station:
166
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Gadiformes
Family:
Macrouridae
Genus:
Macrurus
Species:
Macrurus denticulatus
Station/Area Information
Station:
166
Date collected:
23/06/1874
Area:
Off Cape Farewell, west of New Zealand
Water body:
Tasman Sea
FAO:
81
Depth (Fathoms):
275 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-38.83
Decimal Longitude:
169.33
Surface Temperature:
58.5°F
Bottom Temperature:
50.8°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02772
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02644
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
58.5°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
56.5°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
54.7°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
52.7°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
50.8°F
