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Occurrence record: ANFC:C 4739

Preserved specimen of Psychrolutes marcidus (McCulloch, 1926) | Smooth-head Blobfish recorded on 1976-07-13
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number C 4739
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:C 4739
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by P Heemstra  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking

Event

Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking
Occurrence date 1976-07-13
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus
Supplied scientific name "Psychrolutes marcidus (McCulloch, 1926)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Smooth-head Blobfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Psychrolutidae
Genus Psychrolutes
Supplied as "Neophrynichthys"
Species Psychrolutes marcidus
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274674
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (McCulloch, 1926)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Supplied as: "Vic"
Locality SW of Portland
Latitude -38.55
Supplied as: "-38.55"
Longitude 141.05
Supplied as: "141.05"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 470
Maximum depth in metres 768
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (141.05000 -38.55000)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions West Tasmania Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone