Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Hippocampus breviceps

  • Author and date of publication

    Peters, 1869

  • Preferred Common name

    Shorthead Seahorse

  • Date Identified

    1983

  • Identified By

    Dr Greg Jenkins - Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute (MAFRI)

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Stage Or Age

    larva

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Collected By

    Greg Jenkins - PIRVIC/MAFRI/VIMS - Victorian Institute of Marine Science

  • Collection Event Code

    FRDC 351

  • Sampling Method

    plankton net

  • Date Visited From

    25/11/1983

  • Date Visited To

    25/11/1983

  • 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 Bay, off Elwood

  • Latitude

    -37.88

  • Longitude

    144.98

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84