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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.33393-002

Preserved specimen of Engraulis australis (White, 1790) | Australian Anchovy recorded on 1986-12/1986-12
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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.33393-002
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2559829,urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.33393-002"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miskiewicz, Dr Tony - Australian Museum - Ichthyology  
Collector F.J. Neira
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Plankton net
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Plankton net]
Date identified 2021

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8034724
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1986, Month: 12, Day:
Supplied date "1986-12/1986-12"
Sampling protocol Plankton net  
Date precision MONTH

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 Western Australia
Latitude -32.0
Supplied as: "-32.0"
Longitude 115.816666
Supplied as: "115.816666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Swan River estuary, lower and middle reaches
Location remarks [I.33393] Australia, Western Australia, Swan River estuary, lower and middle reaches (31° 58' S, 115° 45' E) /12/1986 - /12/1986, Neira, Dr Francisco J - Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute(Collector), Plankton net
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32° 00' 00" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115° 49' 00" E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Swan River
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Swan River
    Directory of Important Wetlands Swan-Canning Estuary
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Perth
    NRM Regions 2010 Perth
    NRM Regions 2017 Swan Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Swan Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Swan Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Perth
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SWAN COAST-AVON RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Whadjuk People Indigenous Land Use Agreement
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 South West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Electorates March 2025 Curtin
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated South Perth
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CURTIN
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTH METROPOLITAN REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 200091.0 frequency
    Species Richness 5590.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 736.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 393.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 84.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 416.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.34
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 745.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 418.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 7.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 35.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 86.96315 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 44.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 158.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 418.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.695833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 20.199999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 10.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 14.166667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.525 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.533333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.153465 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 398.75635
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 30.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 23.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 14.166667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 0.0 m