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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A20804-1

Preserved specimen of Malthopsis gigas Ho & Shao, 2010 | Giant Triangular Batfish recorded on 1976-01-01
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number A20804-1
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A20804-1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations tissue, whole specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Associate Professor Hsuan-ching Ho - Taiwan National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium  
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, Sigsbee]
Date identified 2010

Event

Occurrence date 1976-01-01
Supplied date "1976-01-01T00:00:00\1976-01-01T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, Sigsbee  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Lophiiformes | Ogcocephalidae
Scientific name Malthopsis gigas
Supplied scientific name "Malthopsis gigas Ho & Shao, 2010"
Identified to rank species
Common name Giant Triangular Batfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Lophiiformes
Family Ogcocephalidae
Genus Malthopsis
Species Malthopsis gigas
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Ho & Shao, 2010
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia
Country Australia
Locality Tasman Sea, off Norfolk Island
Latitude -29.7767
Supplied as: "-29.7767"
Longitude 167.982
Supplied as: "167.982"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Tasman Sea, off Norfolk Island
Minimum depth in metres 500
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Norfolk
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Norfolk
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Norfolk Island Province
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Norfolk Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone