Diancistrus tongaensis
date: label: Collection Date
content: 16 Jun 1996
name: label: Collector
content: Jeffrey T. Williams
label: Collector
content: David G. Smith
label: Collector
content: Dianne J. Bray
label: Collector
content: Robert Jimmy
label: Expedition
content: Vanuatu Expedition
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: South Pacific Ocean
label: Vessel
content: Mv Lewia
notes: label: Notes
content: Removed from USNM 350484. Stated previously as female, but it is a male.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Vanuatu, Epi Island, Port Quemy, small reef on southeast side of bay located on western central shore of Epi Island, 30 foot deep surge channel through fringing reef with volcanic sand at bottom of channel, Shefa Province, Vanuatu, South Pacific Ocean
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Diancistrus tongaensis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 417715
label: USNM Number
content: 384602
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Schwarzhans, W. W., Moller, P. D., et al. 2005. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 21 : 149, Figs. 17, 64, 65.
label: Type Status
content: Paratype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Paracanthopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Bythitoidei, Bythitidae, Brosmophycinae
physicalDescription: label: Depth (m)
content: 1 - 10
label: Prep Count
content: 2
label: Preparation
content: Otolith