Fish
NHMUK-1887.12.7.52
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Scientific name:
Bathynectes gracilis
Voyage:
HMS Challenger (1872-76)
Date Collected:
29 August 1874 - 29 August 1874
Form:
Fluid
Type status:
Holotype
Station:
184
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Ophidiiformes
Family:
Ophidiidae
Genus:
Bathynectes
Species:
Bathynectes gracilis Günther, 1878
Station/Area Information
Station:
184
Date collected:
29/08/1874
Area:
East of Cape York, North-east Australia
Water body:
Coral Sea
FAO:
71
Depth (Fathoms):
1400 fathoms
Decimal Latitude:
-12.13
Decimal Longitude:
145.17
Surface Temperature:
77.5°F
Bottom Temperature:
36°F
Gear:
Trawl
Sediment sample:
Globigerina ooze
Specific Gravity at water bottom:
1.02816
Specific Gravity at water surface:
1.02373
Temperature at 50 fathoms:
76.6°F
Temperature at 75 fathoms:
74.3°F
Temperature at 100 fathoms:
70.8°F
Temperature at 125 fathoms:
66.8°F
Temperature at 150 fathoms:
62.5°F
Temperature at 175 fathoms:
58.2°F
Temperature at 200 fathoms:
54.2°F
Temperature at 225 fathoms:
51°F
Temperature at 250 fathoms:
48°F
Temperature at 300 fathoms:
44.3°F
Temperature at 400 fathoms:
41°F
Temperature at 500 fathoms:
39.7°F
Temperature at 1400 fathoms:
36°F
