Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Sternoptyx

  • Date Identified

    /11/2009

  • Identified By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria

  • 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 30718.1

  • Expedition Name

    2009 Coral Sea Lanternfish and tuna aggregation

  • Collection Event Code

    LTA 19

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, midwater RMT 8, opening/closing, bucket codend

  • Date Visited From

    15/11/2009 3:01 AM

  • Date Visited To

    15/11/2009 4:02 AM

  • Depth From (m)

    500

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Ocean

    Coral Sea

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Queensland

  • Precise Location

    Coral Sea, SE of Arlington Reef

  • Latitude

    -16.7856

  • Longitude

    146.561

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    GPS