Specimen Details

  • Collection Names

    NORFANZ Expedition Collection

  • Taxon Name

    Diaphus mollis

  • Author and date of publication

    Tåning, 1928

  • Preferred Common name

    Soft Lanternfish

  • Date Identified

    12/05/2003

  • Identified By

    Dr John R. Paxton - Australian Museum (AM)

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: tissue, whole specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Expedition Name

    NORFANZ

  • Collected By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria, NORFANZ team

  • Collection Event Code

    TAN0308-010

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, midwater (fine-meshed codend)

  • Date Visited From

    12/05/2003 7:18 PM

  • Date Visited To

    12/05/2003 9:12 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    224

  • Depth From (m)

    213

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Ocean

    Tasman Sea

  • Country

    New Zealand

  • Precise Location

    South Norfolk Ridge, off the Three Kings Islands

  • Latitude

    -32.5375

  • Longitude

    169.726

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84