Fish
NHMUK-1887.12.7.237
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Licence:
Creative Commons CC0 1.0
Common name:
abyssal halosaur
Scientific name:
Halosaurus macrochir
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
28 January 1873 - 28 January 1873
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Lectotype
Station:
V
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Notacanthiformes
Family:
Halosauridae
Genus:
Halosaurus
Species:
Halosaurus macrochir Günther, 1878
Station/Area Information
Station:
V
Date collected:
28/01/1873
Area:
Ninety miles south-east of Cape Sao Vicente, Portugal
Water body:
Northeast Atlantic Ocean
FAO:
27
Depth (Fathoms):
1090 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
35.78
Decimal Longitude:
-8.38
Surface Temperature:
61°F
Bottom Temperature:
38.5°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Temperature at 10 fathoms:
61°F
Temperature at 20 fathoms:
61°F
Temperature at 30 fathoms:
60.9°F
Temperature at 40 fathoms:
60.7°F
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
60.5°F
Temperature at 60 fathoms:
60.3°F
Temperature at 70 fathoms:
59.6°F
Temperature at 80 fathoms:
58.7°F
Temperature at 90 fathoms:
57.9°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
57.4°F
Temperature at 110 fathoms:
57°F
Temperature at 120 fathoms:
56.6°F
Temperature at 130 fathoms:
56.2°F
Temperature at 140 fathoms:
55.7°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
55.2°F
Temperature at 160 fathoms:
54.9°F
Temperature at 170 fathoms:
54.6°F
Temperature at 180 fathoms:
54.3°F
Temperature at 190 fathoms:
54.1°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
54°F
