Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Gerres melbournensis

  • Author and date of publication

    Castelnau, 1872

  • Preferred Common name

    Silverbelly

  • Date Identified

    05/03/2025

  • Identified By

    Dr Tony A. Miskiewicz - Australian Museum

  • Number Of Specimens

    12

  • Stage Or Age

    Juvenile

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Spirit specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 96%, Medium: ethanol 96%

  • Expedition Name

    Port Phillip Channel Deepening Biological Monitoring Project (CDBMP)

  • Collected By

    Dr Greg Jenkins - Department of Primary Industries

  • Collection Event Code

    PPB BLD 31/10/2011

  • Sampling Method

    seine

  • Date Visited From

    31/10/2011

  • Date Visited To

    31/10/2011

  • Depth To (m)

    2.6

  • Depth From (m)

    2.3

  • 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, Blairgowrie - deep seagrass

  • Latitude

    -38.3586

  • Longitude

    144.774

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    GPS

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps original