Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Learn more about Lampris guttatusX-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/ichthyo/index.htm for the tour itinerary.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Learn more about Eumecichthys fiskiX-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out, organized by the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), is an exhibit traveling to museums across the country through 2015. Visit www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/ichthyo/index.htm for the tour itinerary.
Description: It is likely a ribbonfish (the same family as the oar fish - Family Regalecidae) Trachipterus trachypterus or it could be one of the other two congeneric species (T. articus and T. jacksonensis).
For ID: Mark Benfield ran this picture by a colleague who's an expert on these beasts. Item Type: Image Title: Ribbon fish Copyright: Serpent Project Species: Trachipterus sp. Behaviour: Swimming in vertical position Site: Atlantic -- Central Atlantic -- Zafiro Field Site Description: Midwater Depth (m): 800 Latitude: 3 deg 50' 00" S Longitude: 8 deg 30' 00" E Countries: West Africa -- Equatorial Guinea Habitat: Tropical Water Column Rig: Pacific Warden Project Partners: Swire, Subsea 7, Exxon Mobil ROV: Centurion HD 115 Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 13 March 2007