Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Melanostomias niger

  • Author and date of publication

    Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924

  • Preferred Common name

    Fangtooth Dragonfish

  • Date Identified

    08/06/2010

  • Identified By

    Dr Adrian Flynn - University of Queensland & Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 100%, absolute, Medium: ethanol 100%, absolute

  • Tissue Details

    Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen A 30720.46

  • Expedition Name

    CSIRO Trans-Tasman Survey

  • Collected By

    Rudi Kloser - CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

  • Collection Event Code

    REH0801-M2N1

  • Sampling Method

    trawl, MIDOC opening & closing midwater

  • Date Visited From

    14/06/2008 4:00 PM

  • Date Visited To

    14/06/2008

  • Depth To (m)

    0

  • Depth From (m)

    1000

  • 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

  • Precise Location

    middle of the Tasman Sea

  • Latitude

    -40.6114

  • Longitude

    163.164

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    GPS

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps original