Specimen Z 21420 Himantolophus appelii Clarke, 1878

• Taxon Name

  Himantolophus appelii

• Author and date of publication

  Clarke, 1878

• Preferred Common name

  Prickly Footballfish

• Date Identified

  2002

• 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 24811

• Collected By

  Ken Smith - Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute (MAFRI)

• Sampling Method

  trawl, orange roughy

• Date Visited From

  26/07/2002

• Date Visited To

  7/08/2002

• Depth To (m)

  950

• Depth From (m)

  850

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  DNA Laboratory

• Collecting Areas

  Tissue and DNA

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Suborder

  Ceratioidei

• Family

  Ceratioidei

• Genus

  Himantolophus

• Species Name

  appelii