Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Gnathanacanthus goetzeei

  • Author and date of publication

    Bleeker, 1855

  • Preferred Common name

    Red Velvetfish

  • Date Identified

    02/09/2004

  • Identified By

    Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Collected By

    John Foulkes

  • Sampling Method

    hand - washed ashore

  • Date Visited From

    7/07/2004

  • Date Visited To

    7/07/2004

  • Depth From (m)

    0

  • 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

    Anderson Inlet, Townsend Flats, 4 km E of Inverloch - found in trench 5 metres above shoreline

  • Latitude

    -38.6342

  • Longitude

    145.768

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Earth