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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.16455-001

Preserved specimen of Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning, 1928 | Shorthead Lanternfish recorded on 1921-11-12
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number I.16455-001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8026299","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.16455-001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.16455-001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Nielsen, Dr Jorgen - Zoologisk Museum  
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1972
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8042491
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";
Occurrence date 1921-11-12
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diaphus brachycephalus
Supplied scientific name "Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning, 1928"
Identified to rank species
Common name Shorthead Lanternfish
Supplied common name "Short-headed Lantern Fish"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Diaphus
Species Diaphus brachycephalus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning, 1928
Scientific name authorship Tåning, 1928
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Tåning, 1928

Geospatial

Country Guyana
Latitude 9.5
Supplied as: "9.5"
Longitude -42.683
Supplied as: "-42.683"
Datum EPSG:4326
Water body North Atlantic Ocean
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.16455] North Atlantic Ocean (9° 30' N, 42° 41' W) 12/11/1921 - 12/11/1921";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 9° 30' N
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code GY
Verbatim longitude 42° 41' W

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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