Specimen Details

  • Collection Names

    Endeavour collection

  • Taxon Name

    Plagiogeneion macrolepis

  • Author and date of publication

    McCulloch, 1914

  • Type Status

    Paratype (questionable)

  • Preferred Common name

    Bigscale Rubyfish

  • Identified By

    Allan R. McCulloch - Australian Museum

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Collected By

    Commonwealth Department of Fisheries

  • Sampling Method

    trawl

  • Depth To (m)

    219

  • Depth From (m)

    128

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Western Australia

  • Precise Location

    Great Australian Bight, W of Eucla

  • Latitude

    -33.33

  • Longitude

    126

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84