Tripod fish
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Tripod fish swimming above the seabed, then stops to face ROV. Size would be around 0.4m.
| Item Type: | Video |
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| Title: | Tripod fish |
| Creator(s): | Curry, Rob |
| Identification: | Cruikshank, Iain |
| Date: | 06 February 2010 |
| Time: | 08:10 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT Project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata (Chordates) > Class Actinopterygii (Ray finned Fish) > Order Aulopiformes (Grinners, Lizardfishes) |
| Species: | Bathypterois sp. |
| Behaviour: | Swimming slowly away from ROV, then turns to face ROV and rests fins on seafloor. |
| Site: | Atlantic > South Atlantic > Brazil Regions > South America > Brazil |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 1443m |
| Latitude: | 21 deg 13' 01" S |
| Longitude: | 39 deg 58' 23" W |
| Northing: | 7653502 |
| Easting: | 399011 |
| UTM Zone: | 24K |
| Countries: | Brazil > Campos Basin |
| Habitat: | Benthic |
| Substratum: | deep-sea mud |
| Rig: | Deep Constructor |
| Project Partners: | Technip |
| ROV: | Triton XL32 |
| Keywords: | Tripod fish, Brazil |
| Deposited By: | Dr Andrew Gates |
| Deposited On: | 08 February 2010 |
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