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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.15942-004

Preserved specimen of Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 | Soft Lanternfish recorded on 1971-01-09
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Dataset

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.15942-004
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8024982","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.15942-004"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.15942-004
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Paxton, J  
Collector 1.  Bruce, A.J.   2.  CSIRO Division of Fisheries  
Supplied as "Bruce, Dr A. J. - CSIRO Division of Fisheries"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [2M IKMT]
Date identified 1971
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8002755
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1";
Occurrence date 1971-01-09
Sampling protocol 2M IKMT  
Date precision DAY
Event time 21:0

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diaphus mollis
Supplied scientific name "Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928"
Identified to rank species
Common name Soft Lanternfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Diaphus
Species Diaphus mollis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928
Scientific name authorship Tåning, 1928
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Tåning, 1928

Geospatial

Country Tanzania, United Republic of
Latitude -6.383
Supplied as: "-6.383"
Longitude 39.883
Supplied as: "39.883"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality OFF ZANZIBAR :
Water body Indian Ocean
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.15942] Indian Ocean, OFF ZANZIBAR : (6° 23' S, 39° 53' E) 09/01/1971 - 09/01/1971, Bruce, Dr A J - CSIRO Division of Fisheries(Collector), 2M IKMT";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 6° 23' S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code TZ
Verbatim longitude 39° 53' E

Additional properties

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