Specimen A 30829.3 Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928

• Taxon Name

  Diaphus mollis

• Author and date of publication

  Tåning, 1928

• Preferred Common name

  Soft Lanternfish

• Date Identified

  04/02/2010

• Identified By

  Dr Adrian Flynn - University of Queensland & Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  2

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

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

• Expedition Name

  SS09/2004 Pelagic habitat and community comparisons in the fishing grounds of the tuna and billfish fishery off eastern Australia.

• Collected By

  Dr Jock Young - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

• Collection Event Code

  SS0904 M04/51 N3

• Sampling Method

  trawl, MIDOC opening & closing midwater

• Date Visited From

  19/09/2004 11:51 PM

• Date Visited To

  19/09/2004 2:00 AM

• Depth To (m)

  300

• Depth From (m)

  400

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Ichthyology

• Collecting Areas

  Ichthyology

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Craniata

• Superclass

  Gnathostomata

• Class

  Actinopterygii

• Order

  Myctophiformes

• Family

  Myctophidae

• Genus

  Diaphus

• Species Name

  mollis