Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Phosichthys argenteus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Hutton, 1872)

  • Preferred Common name

    Silver Lightfish

  • Date Identified

    1988

  • Identified By

    Mark D. Norman - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Expedition Name

    S01/86

  • Collected By

    Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria, Helen K. Larson - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)

  • Collection Event Code

    S01/86 11

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, Engels 61m deepwater lobster

  • Date Visited From

    10/01/1986 2:00 PM

  • Date Visited To

    10/01/1986 3:00 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    264

  • Depth From (m)

    260

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Queensland

  • Precise Location

    90 km E of Dunk Island

  • Latitude

    -18.01

  • Longitude

    147.068

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    original