Fish
NHMUK-1887.12.7.193
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Common name:
highfin lizardfish
Scientific name:
Bathysaurus mollis
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
6 October 1875 - 6 October 1875
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Syntype
Station:
281
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Aulopiformes
Family:
Synodontidae
Genus:
Bathysaurus
Species:
Bathysaurus mollis Günther, 1878
Station/Area Information
Station:
281
Date collected:
06/10/1875
Area:
South of Tahiti, Pacific Ocean.
Water body:
Eastern Central Pacific Ocean
FAO:
77
Depth (Fathoms):
2385 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-22.35
Decimal Longitude:
-150.28
Surface Temperature:
74.5°F
Bottom Temperature:
34.9°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Red clay
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02841
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.0246
Temperature at 25 fathoms:
74.3°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
73.5°F
Temperature at 75 fathoms:
72.1°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
68.9°F
Temperature at 125 fathoms:
65.7°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
62.5°F
Temperature at 175 fathoms:
59.3°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
56.2°F
Temperature at 225 fathoms:
53.1°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
50°F
Temperature at 275 fathoms:
47.4°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
45.6°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
42.3°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
40.5°F
Temperature at 600 fathoms:
39.3°F
Temperature at 700 fathoms:
38.4°F
Temperature at 800 fathoms:
37.5°F
Temperature at 900 fathoms:
37°F
Temperature at 1000 fathoms:
36.5°F
Temperature at 1100 fathoms:
36.2°F
Temperature at 1200 fathoms:
36°F
Temperature at 1300 fathoms:
35.8°F
Temperature at 1400 fathoms:
35.6°F
Temperature at 1500 fathoms:
35.5°F
