Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Trachonurus gagates

  • Author and date of publication

    Iwamoto & McMillan, 1997

  • Type Status

    Paratype

  • Preferred Common name

    Velvet Whiptail

  • Date Identified

    1997

  • Identified By

    Dr Tomio Iwamoto - California Academy of Sciences (CAS)

  • Number Of Specimens

    2

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Expedition Name

    S01/88

  • Collected By

    K Martin

  • Collection Event Code

    S01/88 96

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, Engels high-lift demersal

  • Date Visited From

    10/02/1988

  • Date Visited To

    10/02/1988

  • Depth From (m)

    1100

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    South Australia

  • Precise Location

    60 km S of state border

  • Latitude

    -38.5278

  • Longitude

    140.732

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84