Fish
NHMUK-1887.12.7.150
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Scientific name:
Sternoptyx diaphana
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
26 August 1873 - 26 August 1873
Form:
Fluid
Station:
107
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Stomiiformes
Family:
Sternoptychidae
Genus:
Sternoptyx
Species:
Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann, 1781
Station/Area Information
Station:
107
Date collected:
26/08/1873
Area:
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Water body:
Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
34
Depth (Fathoms):
1500 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
1.37
Decimal Longitude:
-26.60
Surface Temperature:
78.8°F
Bottom Temperature:
37.9°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02335
