Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Vanacampus margaritifer

  • Author and date of publication

    (Peters, 1869)

  • Preferred Common name

    Mother-of-Pearl Pipefish

  • Date Identified

    13/03/2013

  • Identified By

    Sahan Jayasinghe - University of Melbourne

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Spirit specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%

  • Collected By

    Dr Neil Hutchinson - Department of Primary Industries

  • Collection Event Code

    PPB MID 5/11/2008

  • Sampling Method

    seine

  • Date Visited From

    5/11/2008

  • Date Visited To

    5/11/2008

  • 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, Mud Island - deep seagrass

  • Latitude

    -38.2753

  • Longitude

    144.762

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84