Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Myctophum nitidulum

  • Author and date of publication

    Garman, 1899

  • Preferred Common name

    Pearly-spotted Lanternfish

  • Date Identified

    12/09/2010

  • Identified By

    Dr John R. Paxton - Australian Museum (AM)

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Specimen, whole, Preservative: ethanol, absolute, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Collection Event Code

    Sonne 209 - N2

  • Sampling Method

    Neuston net

  • Date Visited From

    12/09/2010 7:00 PM

  • Date Visited To

    12/09/2010 8:00 PM

  • 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

  • Ocean

    Eastern Pacific Ocean

  • Country

    Peru

  • Precise Location

    Peru-Chile Trench, NW of Tocopilla

  • Latitude

    -21.5597

  • Longitude

    -71.2586

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    GPS

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps original