Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Choerodon cephalotes

  • Author and date of publication

    (Castelnau, 1875)

  • Preferred Common name

    Purple Tuskfish

  • Date Identified

    1994

  • Identified By

    Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Expedition Name

    SS0193

  • Collected By

    CSIRO Marine Research

  • Collection Event Code

    SS0193 37

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, demersal

  • Date Visited From

    22/01/1993 6:40 PM

  • Date Visited To

    22/01/1993 7:10 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    40

  • Depth From (m)

    40

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    SS0193 37

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Queensland

  • Precise Location

    Gulf of Carpentaria, 70 km W of Weipa

  • Latitude

    -12.6517

  • Longitude

    141.215

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84