Description: A scalloped hammerhead seen with a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) at over 1000 m depth. At the time of publication this is the deepest record of this species. The observation is described in the SERPENT Project publication:
Alec B.M. Moore and Andrew R. Gates (2015). Deep-water observation of scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini in the western Indian Ocean off Tanzania. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8, e91
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267215000627 Item Type: Image Title: Scalloped hammerhead Copyright: SERPENT Species: Sphyrna lewini Behaviour: Swimming at the seabed at --1000 m depth Site: Indian -- Indian Ocean -- East Africa Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1043 Latitude: 10 deg 00' 00" S Longitude: 40 deg 00' 00" E Countries: East Africa -- Tanzania Rig: Deep Sea Metro I Project Partners: BG Group, Oceaneering ROV: Millennium 113 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 24 June 2015
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Learn more about Eusphyra blochiiX-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.
Item Type: Video Title: Hammerhead shark Species: Sphyrna sp Behaviour: Swimming Site: Indian -- Indian Ocean -- Enfield Site Description: Midwater Depth (m): 580 Latitude: 18 deg 30' 00" S Longitude: 115 deg 30' 00" E Countries: Australia -- Western Australia Habitat: Tropical Water Column Rig: Jack Bates Enfield Project Partners: Transocean, Woodside, Subsea 7 ROV: Clansman 2 Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 13 March 2007
