Pogonophryne scotti


Fish specimen collected by Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition. It had a broad scientific programme and collected thousands of geological and zoological specimens. The fish Pogonophryne scotti was discovered by the Terra Nova expedition and named in honour of Scott. /n/nPogonophryne scotti is relatively common in Antarctic waters and occurs at depths down to 1,000


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Keywords: actinopterygii, animal, antarctic, antarctica, artedidraconidae, background, bony, expedition, finned, fish, fishes, nova, osteichthyes, perciform, perciformes, pogonophryne, ray, ray-finned, scott, scotti, shot, specimen, studio, studioshot, terra, white