Annual Report 2021–2022, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Tabled Paper 809
Tabled Papers for 14th Assembly 2020 -; Tabled Papers; ParliamentNT
2023-03-21
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67 A Pacific Snaggletooth, Astronesthes lucifer, complete with huge fang-like teeth, light organs along the ventral surface and a prey-attracting lure, being prepared for registration and further research during a workshop with NT Fisheries in March; collected at a depth of 260 metres from the Timor Sea Fishes The MAGNT Fishes Collection is unrivalled in representing the biodiversity of tropical northern Australia and the surrounding region. The strength of the collection is representation of species in the varied habitats of the Northern Territory, ranging from offshore tropical reefs and muddy mangroves through to remote sandstone escarpments. Specimens and tissues are widely utilised in fields including taxonomy, systematics, ecology, environmental change, conservation and fisheries management. Collections-based research was in full swing this year through several projects. An ongoing partnership with NT Fisheries to identify fishery observer samples from the Timor Sea contributed voucher and tissue samples of around 500 weird and wonderful fishes. It included a processing workshop in March 2022 with the MAGNT Collections Management Natural Sciences team and John Pogonoski, an expert from CSIRO Hobart. Several new records for the Northern Territory were documented along with valuable reference material from rarely seen species. MAGNT was also engaged to undertake a freshwater fish biodiversity assessment as part of the Strategic Regional Environmental