Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Myctophum phengodes

  • Author and date of publication

    (Lütken, 1892)

  • Preferred Common name

    Bright Lanternfish

  • Date Identified

    /01/2003

  • 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 100%, absolute

  • Tissue Details

    Type: muscle, Preservative: ethanol 96%, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Date of preparation

    21/10/2010

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen A 24983.5

  • Collected By

    Bruce Castle

  • Sampling Method

    dip net at surface

  • Depth To (m)

    1

  • 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

    New South Wales

  • Precise Location

    E of Batemans Bay

  • Latitude

    -35.72

  • Longitude

    150.3

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Geoscience Australia Place Name Search

  • Georeference Protocol

    estimated