Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Malacocephalus laevis

  • Author and date of publication

    (Lowe, 1843)

  • Preferred Common name

    Smooth Whiptail

  • Date Identified

    06/07/2021

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Expedition Name

    IN2021 V04 - Investigating The IOT

  • Collected By

    O'Hara et. al IN2021 V04 IOT Marine Invertebrates Team

  • Collection Event Code

    IN2021 V04 005

  • Sampling Method

    Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

  • Date Visited From

    6/07/2021 9:29 PM

  • Date Visited To

    6/07/2021 9:49 PM

  • Depth To (m)

    997

  • Depth From (m)

    643

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    IN2021 V04 005

  • Ocean

    Indian Ocean

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Christmas Island

  • Precise Location

    Indian Ocean Territories: Christmas Island SE

  • Latitude

    -10.5703

  • Longitude

    105.69

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference Date

    2021-08-10T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria