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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:AMSTAC1476

Preserved specimen of Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838) | Ornate Cowfish recorded on 1982-01-15
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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 AMSTAC1476
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:199157"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet Specimen
Identified by Duke, Elli - South Australian Museum  
Identified date 2012-11-22
Collector Smith, Rod  
Supplied as "Smith, Rod"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [prawn trawl]
Date identified 2012-11-22
Identification remarks Confidence: 3

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:3514
Identification remarks Confidence: 3
Occurrence date 1982-01-15
Sampling protocol prawn trawl  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Aracana ornata
Supplied scientific name "Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Ornate Cowfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Supplied as "Actinopteri"
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Aracanidae
Genus Aracana
Species Aracana ornata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gray, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.53
Supplied as: "-35.53"
Longitude 137.72
Supplied as: "137.72"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality North Cape | 16 miles off Penneshaw and 6 miles off
Minimum depth in metres 30
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 32 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137 43 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions St Vincent Gulf
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)