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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A26566-13

Preserved specimen of Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929) | Bigscale Deepsea Smelt recorded on 2011-08-07
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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 code Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number A26566-13
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A26566-13
Basis of record Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Adrian Flynn - University of Queensland & Museum Victoria  
Identified date 04/05/2012
Collector French Research Institute for Development  
Supplied as "French Research Institute for Development"
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
Field number NEC 1006 M007
Language en
Occurrence status PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, midwater]
Date identified 04/05/2012

Event

Event ID NEC 1006 M007
Field number NEC 1006 M007
Occurrence date 2011-08-07
Supplied date "2011-08-07T00:22:00\2011-08-07T01:30:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, midwater  
Date precision DAY
Event time 00:22:00\01:30:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Argentiniformes | Bathylagidae
Scientific name Melanolagus bericoides
Supplied scientific name "Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929)"
Taxon rank species
Common name Bigscale Deepsea Smelt
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Argentiniformes
Family Bathylagidae
Genus Melanolagus
Species Melanolagus bericoides
Match type exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Borodin, 1929)
Name type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Southwest Pacific Ocean
Country New Caledonia
Locality Coral Sea, E of Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia
Latitude -19.5003
Supplied as: "-19.5003"
Longitude 157.502
Supplied as: "157.502"
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Coral Sea, E of Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia
Water body Southwest Pacific Ocean
Minimum depth in meters 89
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources GPS
Georeference protocol gps original
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country code NC

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    Australian Coral Ecoregions Coral Sea