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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:AMSTAC55

Preserved specimen of Psychrolutes marcidus (McCulloch, 1926) | Smooth-head Blobfish recorded on 1981-04-
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number AMSTAC55
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:196199"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet Specimen
Collector Sealey, John  
Supplied as "Sealey, John"
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Trawl]

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:25143
Occurrence date [date not supplied]
Supplied date "1981-04-"
Sampling protocol Trawl  
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

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
Supplied as "Actinopteri"
Order Scorpaeniformes
Supplied as "Perciformes"
Family Psychrolutidae
Genus Psychrolutes
Species Psychrolutes marcidus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (McCulloch, 1926)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -37.875
Supplied as: "-37.875"
Longitude 139.783
Supplied as: "139.783"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality 25.5 miles SW of Cape Buffon
Minimum depth in metres 549
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 37 52 30 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139 47 00 E

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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