Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Anguilla australis

  • Author and date of publication

    Richardson, 1841

  • Preferred Common name

    Southern Shortfin Eel

  • Date Identified

    23/11/2018

  • Identified By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Spirit specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, Medium: ethanol 75%

  • Expedition Name

    Great Otway National Park Bioscan 2018 (Otways Bioscan)

  • Collected By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    OTB 2018 149

  • Sampling Method

    Bait traps

  • Date Visited From

    23/11/2018 5:00 PM

  • Date Visited To

    24/11/2018 10:10 AM

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • District

    Colac Otway Shire

  • Precise Location

    Great Otway National Park, St George River, very large pool just upstream of bridge on Great Ocean Road

  • Latitude

    -38.5539

  • Longitude

    143.976

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84