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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.41614-047

Preserved specimen of Engraulis australis (White, 1790) | Australian Anchovy recorded on 1998-06-15
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Dataset

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.41614-047
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10672997,urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.41614-047"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Parkinson, Ms Kerryn - Australian Museum - Ichthyology  
Collector T. Trnski
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment 2 m2 channel net, mesh 0.7-1.0 mm
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [2 m2 channel net, mesh 0.7-1.0 mm]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2026-01-20

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8067737
Occurrence date 1998-06-15
Supplied date "1998-06-15/1998-06-16"
Sampling protocol 2 m2 channel net, mesh 0.7-1.0 mm  
End day of year 167
Date precision DAY_RANGE
Start day of year 166
Event date end 1998-06-16

Taxonomy

Scientific name Engraulis australis
Supplied scientific name "Engraulis australis (White, 1790)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Australian Anchovy
Supplied common name "Frogmouth Pilchard"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Clupeiformes
Family Engraulidae
Genus Engraulis
Species Engraulis australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
Scientific name authorship (White, 1790)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (White, 1790)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.085
Supplied as: "-33.085"
Longitude 151.64
Supplied as: "151.64"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Swansea Channel, 30 m W of bridge, mid-channel
Location remarks [I.41614] Australia, New South Wales, Swansea Channel, 30 m W of bridge, mid-channel (33° 05' 06" S, 151° 38' 24" E) 15/06/1998 - 16/06/1998, Trnski, T(Collector), 2 m2 channel net, mesh 0.7-1.0 mm
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 05' 06" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 38' 24" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 83f227dd-eb86-4dcc-82fd-7ca5c8155510
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.084446,151.63945
    Related records
    Record UUID d0d80f1c-fe68-440c-8264-09616873850a
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.085,151.64
    Record UUID a7accf31-faa7-4a52-b356-ef5220470739
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.085,151.64
    Record UUID e1f89146-4ceb-4154-a16c-1dc3333fc1e4
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.084446,151.63945
    Record UUID 68ef133c-4089-46fa-ac04-561c4739abd1
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.085,151.64
    Record UUID 6ac83026-1b02-4d4f-99d2-6f0e48871fe7
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.085,151.64
    Record UUID b278bbe8-207f-4a39-8d9a-73346d7bc9ca
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.085,151.64
    Record UUID 2584e1e3-71ab-4ca4-86f2-e830c264b9fb
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.084446,151.63945
    Record UUID cf8949b0-3c10-4a1d-ad10-bce998e55f82
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.085,151.64
    Record UUID 2c01a92f-4cd5-492f-89a0-262bb47765cc
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.085,151.64
    Record UUID 8ff99332-f76f-4369-9714-fb63dc9777d9
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
    Coordinates -33.085,151.64

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Hunter Valley GER Hunter Valley
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) King
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) King
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Subregions King
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KING ISLAND
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Braddon
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KING ISLAND COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Hunter
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1650.0 frequency
    Species Richness 537.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 856.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 315.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 317.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.81
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 939.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 351.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 34.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 124.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 39.60079 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 130.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 133.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 351.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.895833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 12.800001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 8.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.0583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.330727 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 241.52412
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.066668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 11.1 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.74
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1.0 m