Specimen A 6575 Argyropelecus gigas Norman, 1930

• Taxon Name

  Argyropelecus gigas

• Author and date of publication

  Norman, 1930

• Preferred Common name

  Giant Hatchetfish

• Date Identified

  1988

• Identified By

  Mark D. Norman - Museums Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

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

• Expedition Name

  SLOPE

• Collected By

  Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria, Dr Gary C. Poore - Museum Victoria

• Collection Event Code

  SLOPE 51

• Sampling Method

  trawl, 3 m Isaacs-Kidd midwater

• Date Visited From

  21/10/1988 1:09 AM

• Date Visited To

  21/10/1988 3:27 AM

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Ichthyology

• Collecting Areas

  Ichthyology

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Craniata

• Superclass

  Gnathostomata

• Class

  Actinopterygii

• Order

  Stomiiformes

• Suborder

  Gonostomatoidei

• Family

  Sternoptychidae

• Subfamily

  Sternoptychinae

• Genus

  Argyropelecus

• Species Name

  gigas