Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Aracana aurita

  • Author and date of publication

    (Shaw, 1798)

  • Preferred Common name

    Shaw's Cowfish

  • Date Identified

    1998

  • Identified By

    Tania M. Bardsley - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    4

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Collected By

    Alf D Butcher - Victorian Department Fisheries & Game

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, demersal

  • Date Visited From

    27/04/1948

  • Date Visited To

    27/04/1948

  • Depth To (m)

    37

  • Depth From (m)

    29

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Bass Strait, 24 km (16 miles) SSW of Lakes Entrance

  • Latitude

    -38.1172

  • Longitude

    147.863

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Earth