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A Hadal Fish (Bassogigas profundissimus) with a Functional Swimbladder

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DURING the Danish Galathea Expedition (1950–52) a specimen of the brotulid fish, Bassogigas profundissimus (Roule, 1913), was caught in the Sunda trench (Station No. 466, depth 7,160 m); it measured 157 mm in standard length. The gear used was a herring otter trawl, which was operated at the bottom for a period of 2 h. The bottom material consisted of bluish mud, and the bottom temperature was 1.5° C. The uphaul of the trawl took 4 h.

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  1. Zoological Museum, and Institute for Comparative Anatomy, Copenhagen

    JøRGEN G. NIELSEN & OLE MUNK

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NIELSEN, J., MUNK, O. A Hadal Fish (Bassogigas profundissimus) with a Functional Swimbladder. Nature 204, 594–595 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204594a0

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