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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.39657-001

Preserved specimen of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 | Onegill Eel recorded on 1999-08-23
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number I.39657-001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8138753,urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.39657-001"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Jenkins, Dr Aaron - Wetlands International - Oceania Fiji Office  
Collector A. Jenkins & K. Tighe
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Electrofisher, hook & line.
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Electrofisher, hook & line.]
Date identified 1999

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8057110
Occurrence date 1999-08-23
Supplied date "1999-08-23/1999-08-24"
Sampling protocol Electrofisher, hook & line.  
End day of year 236
Date precision DAY_RANGE
Start day of year 235
Event date end 1999-08-24

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophisternon bengalense
Supplied scientific name "Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844"
Identified to rank species
Common name Onegill Eel
Supplied common name "One-gilled Eel"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Synbranchiformes
Family Synbranchidae
Genus Ophisternon
Species Ophisternon bengalense
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844
Scientific name authorship McClelland, 1844
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to McClelland, 1844

Geospatial

Country Palau
Supplied as "Republic of Palau"
Latitude 7.505278
Supplied as: "7.5052776"
Longitude 134.60167
Supplied as: "134.60167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Ngardoch River
Water body Pacific Ocean
Location remarks [I.39657] Pacific Ocean, Republic of Palau, Ngardoch River (7° 30' 19" N, 134° 36' 06" E) 23/08/1999 - 24/08/1999, A. Jenkins & K. Tighe(Collector), Electrofisher, hook & line.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 07° 30' 19" N
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PW
Verbatim longitude 134° 36' 06" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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