Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Platycephalus aurimaculatus

  • Author and date of publication

    Knapp, 1987

  • Type Status

    Holotype

  • Preferred Common name

    Toothy Flathead

  • Date Identified

    1987

  • Identified By

    Dr Les W. Knapp - Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Expedition Name

    Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)

  • Collection Event Code

    BSS 128 T

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, 20 m otter

  • Date Visited From

    3/02/1981 7:50 AM

  • Date Visited To

    3/02/1981 8:20 AM

  • Depth To (m)

    54

  • Depth From (m)

    49.4

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    BSS 128 T

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Tasmania

  • Precise Location

    Central Bass Strait, 60 km ENE of Bold Head, King Island

  • Latitude

    -39.9402

  • Longitude

    144.801

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    original