Cataetyx laticeps
Description
Cataetyx laticeps is the largest teleost found below 2000 m in the Mediterranean. It has an elongate body and a dorsoventrally flattened head, with dorsal and anal fins confluent with the caudal fin. They were apparently utilizing the structure of the BOP as shelter.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Cataetyx laticeps |
| Creator(s): | Gates, Andrew |
| Identification: | Cartes, Joan |
| Date: | 17 December 2010 |
| Time: | 07:24 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT Project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata (Chordates) > Class Actinopterygii (Ray finned Fish) > Ophidiformes (Ophidid fish) |
| Species: | Cataetyx laticeps |
| Behaviour: | Cataetyx laticeps were regularly observed under or around the BOP, both before and after deployment of bait. |
| Site: | Atlantic > Mediterranean > Eastern Mediterranean > Kiwi |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 2720m |
| Latitude: | 32 deg 15' 33" N |
| Longitude: | 28 deg 38' 45" W |
| Countries: | North Africa > Egypt North Africa > Egypt |
| Habitat: | Benthic |
| Substratum: | deep-sea mud |
| Rig: | Discoverer Americas |
| Project Partners: | Statoil, Transocean, Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Millenium |
| Keywords: | Cataetyx laticeps, Mediterranean |
| Deposited By: | Dr Andrew Gates |
| Deposited On: | 27 February 2012 |
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