Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Myctophum spinosum

  • Author and date of publication

    (Steindachner, 1867)

  • Preferred Common name

    Spiny Lanternfish

  • Date Identified

    11/11/2009

  • Identified By

    Dr John R. Paxton - Australian Museum (AM)

  • 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 30706.1

  • Expedition Name

    2009 Coral Sea Lanternfish and tuna aggregation

  • Collection Event Code

    LTA 7

  • Sampling Method

    plankton net, sock codend

  • Date Visited From

    10/11/2009 10:20 PM

  • Date Visited To

    10/11/2009 10:50 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    50

  • Depth From (m)

    0

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Queensland

  • Precise Location

    Coral Sea, SE of Ribbon Reef 3

  • Latitude

    -15.7914

  • Longitude

    146.006

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    GPS