Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Hippocampus breviceps

  • Author and date of publication

    Peters, 1869

  • Preferred Common name

    Shorthead Seahorse

  • Date Identified

    29/06/2010

  • Identified By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Stage Or Age

    Juvenile

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: tissue, whole specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Collected By

    Dr Greg Jenkins - Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute (MAFRI)

  • Sampling Method

    seine

  • Date Visited From

    28/10/1999

  • Date Visited To

    28/10/1999

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Port Phillip Bay, Edwards Point, seagrass

  • Latitude

    -38.2064

  • Longitude

    144.708

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Earth

  • Georeference Protocol

    Estimation