Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Brachionichthys australis

  • Author and date of publication

    Last, Gledhill & Holmes, 2007

  • Preferred Common name

    Australian Spotted Handfish

  • Date Identified

    2009

  • Identified By

    Dr Peter R. Last - Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO

  • Number Of Specimens

    3

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Expedition Name

    SS0593

  • Collected By

    Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    SS05/93 227

  • Sampling Method

    Epibenthic Sled

  • Date Visited From

    11/08/1993 1:00 AM

  • Date Visited To

    11/08/1993 1:55 AM

  • Depth To (m)

    33

  • Depth From (m)

    26

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    SS0593 227

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    New South Wales

  • Precise Location

    Disaster Bay

  • Latitude

    -37.2783

  • Longitude

    149.988

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84