Fish
NHMUK-1887.12.7.191
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Common name:
deepsea lizardfish
Scientific name:
Bathysaurus ferox
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
8 July 1874 - 8 July 1874
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
168
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Aulopiformes
Family:
Synodontidae
Genus:
Bathysaurus
Species:
Bathysaurus ferox Günther, 1878
Station/Area Information
Station:
168
Date collected:
08/07/1874
Area:
East of North Island, New Zealand
Water body:
Southwest Pacific Ocean
FAO:
81
Depth (Fathoms):
1100 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-40.47
Decimal Longitude:
177.72
Surface Temperature:
57.2°F
Bottom Temperature:
37.2°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Blue mud
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02781
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02654
Temperature at 25 fathoms:
56.5°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
56.5°F
Temperature at 75 fathoms:
56.5°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
55.7°F
Temperature at 125 fathoms:
54.8°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
53.9°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
51.7°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
48.2°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
45.4°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
43.7°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
42.1°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
37.2°F
