MCZ Ichthyology 101608

Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902

Date Collected:

1993-03-16

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: Georges Bank | North side of Georges Bank.

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:101608 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Actinopterygii Neopterygii Paracanthopterygii Lophiiformes Ceratioidea Gigantactinidae
Common Name(s): cosmopolitan whipnose
Determiner: Karsten E. Hartellinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Hartel_KE/1993]

Miya et al. 2010, page 8, Genetic Voucher of Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902 Tissue cited as AB282852 in Table 2
Betancur et al. 2013, Genetic Voucher of Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902 Tissue cited as KU_1649 in Table S1
Kenchington et al. 2020, Voucher of Gigantactis vanhoeffeni Brauer, 1902 doi: 10.1080/17451000.2020.1771598 linked data icon

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (ethanol) good deaccessioned - gift 1 History
Remarks: Exchanged to KU tissue collection
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
standard length 335 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • None

  • ID tentative, esca missing. Tissue sent to KU 1649-T, after used by A. Shedlock at UW; tissue to KU T1649

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Georges Bank
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • North side of Georges Bank.
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • North side of Georges Bank.; 150 fms
  • Depth:
  • 150 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • loran 12900 43940 [=42°15'N 67°24'W per D. Flescher NMFS] thus = to Gulf of Maine N. side of Georges. Via Steve Bailey, NEA. Flescher at NMFS is converting loran.
  • Georeference:
  • 41.9239540°, -67.542371° (Error radius: 144872m) By: Laura Porturas on 2013-08-20 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1993-03-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 16/3/1993-16/3/1993
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • NEA:SB1993
  • Collectors:
  • FV Enterprise; Capt. T. Gopfills

  • None

  • None

  • Some Parts have been Deaccessioned

  • None
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