Specimen A 32295.2 Holcomycteronus pterotus (Alcock, 1890)

• Taxon Name

  Holcomycteronus pterotus

• Author and date of publication

  (Alcock, 1890)

• Preferred Common name

  a cusk eel

• Date Identified

  06/02/2026

• Identified By

  Dr Werner Schwarzhans - The Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Spirit specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, Medium: Ethanol 70%

• Expedition Name

  IN2022 V08 - Investigating The IOT (part 2)

• Collected By

  O'Hara et. al IN2022 V08 IOT 2 Marine Invertebrates Team, O'Hara et al IN2022 V08 IOT 2 Ichthyology Team

• Collection Event Code

  IN2022 V08 103

• Sampling Method

  Beam Trawl - CSIRO Four Metre

• Date Visited From

  7/10/2022 12:29 AM

• Date Visited To

  7/10/2022 1:58 AM

• Depth To (m)

  3510

• Depth From (m)

  3611

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Ichthyology

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Craniata

• Superclass

  Gnathostomata

• Class

  Actinopterygii

• Order

  Ophidiiformes

• Family

  Ophidiidae

• Genus

  Holcomycteronus

• Species Name

  pterotus