Specimen Details

  • Collection Names

    NORFANZ Expedition Collection

  • Taxon Name

    Carcharhinus galapagensis

  • Author and date of publication

    (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)

  • Preferred Common name

    Galapagos Shark

  • Date Identified

    /06/2003

  • Identified By

    Dr Peter R. Last - Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Muscle, Preservative: ethanol, absolute, Storage temperature: -80°C

  • Date of preparation

    23/05/2003

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen A 25133.7

  • Expedition Name

    NORFANZ

  • Collected By

    Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria, NORFANZ team

  • Collection Event Code

    TAN0308-068

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, orange roughy

  • Date Visited From

    23/05/2003 2:43 PM

  • Date Visited To

    23/05/2003 3:20 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    91

  • Depth From (m)

    68

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Ocean

    Tasman Sea

  • Country

    Australia

  • Precise Location

    Lord Howe Rise, Balls Pyramid

  • Latitude

    -31.8714

  • Longitude

    159.277

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84