Specimen Details

  • Collection Names

    NORFANZ Expedition Collection

  • Taxon Name

    Hoplostethus mediterraneus

  • Author and date of publication

    Cuvier, 1829

  • Preferred Common name

    Orange Roughy

  • 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 96%, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen A 25155.4

  • Expedition Name

    NORFANZ

  • Collected By

    Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria, NORFANZ team

  • Collection Event Code

    TAN0308-107

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, beam

  • Date Visited From

    29/05/2003 2:05 PM

  • Date Visited To

    29/05/2003 2:35 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    707

  • Depth From (m)

    699

  • 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

    New Zealand

  • Precise Location

    West Norfolk Ridge, Wanganella Bank

  • Latitude

    -32.6081

  • Longitude

    167.733

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    original