MCZ Ichthyology 58858

Himantolophus cornifer Bertelsen & Krefft, 1988

Holotype of Himantolophus cornifer

Date Collected:

1981-12-03

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Papua New Guinea | Coral Sea

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:58858 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 58858

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:58858 Himantolophus cornifer Holotype

Current Identification
Himantolophus cornifer Bertelsen & Krefft, 1988
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Actinopterygii Neopterygii Paracanthopterygii Lophiiformes Ceratioidea Himantolophidae
Determiner: Erik Bertelsen
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Bertelsen_E/1986]

  • field number: GRH1047
  • group number: 303

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: Muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-26
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-24   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-26
standard length 90 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • Steenstrupia 14(2):64-67. Image available.

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Papua New Guinea
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Coral Sea
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Coral Sea; 1650-0 m
  • Depth:
  • 0 - 1650 m
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • -12.525000°, 148.691666° (Error radius: 115km) By: [no agent data] on 2010-03-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (12° 31′ 30″ S  148° 41′ 30″ E)
  • Collecting Method:
  • 10m RMT; Time Depth Recorder used
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1981-12-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 3/12/1981-3/12/1981
  • Time Collected:
  • 0015-0635
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • [TIME: 0015-0635]
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • GRH1047
  • Collectors:
  • G. Richard Harbison; RV Lady Basten

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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