Search Specimens

OZCAM (Online Zoo-log-i-cal Col-lec-tions of Aus-tralian Muse-ums) pro-vides access to an online data-base of records aggre-gated from fau-nal col-lec-tions data-bases in Aus-tralian museums.

Occurrence record: Fish:S.14024-010

Preserved specimen of Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846 | Vachell's Glassfish recorded on 1994-09-08
   API

Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Fish"
Catalog number S.14024-010
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Fish:S.14024_010
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by R.S. Williams  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1995

Event

Occurrence date 1994-09-08
Supplied as year:1994  month:9  day:8 
End day of year 251
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 251

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ambassis vachellii
Identified to rank species
Common name Vachell's Glassfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Ambassidae
Genus Ambassis
Species Ambassis vachellii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Richardson, 1846
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Small Creek North Side, Roper River
Latitude -14.712
Supplied as: "-14.712"
Longitude 135.325
Supplied as: "135.325"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Unrecognized geodetic datum Warning
    Show/Hide 93 passed properties
    Show/Hide 6 missing properties
    Show/Hide 22 tests that have not been run

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Limmen Bight (Port Roper) Tidal Wetlands System
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Gulf Coastal
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Limmen
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Limmen
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ROPER RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Gulf
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Yugul Mangi Outstations
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Katherine
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roper Gulf (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Yugal Mangi
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ROPER GULF REGION
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes St Vidgeon's (Roper River)
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 777
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1091
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GULF
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GULF
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) YUGUL MANGI OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARNHEM
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Arnhem
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Gulf
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 Roper Gulf
    Postal Areas 2021 0852
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Gulf
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Katherine
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Katherine Daly
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Mangrove
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Mangroves,tidal mudflats,samphires and bare areas,claypan,sand,rock,salt lakes,lagoons,lakes
    Vegetation types - present Mangroves

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1000.0 frequency
    Species Richness 240.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 913.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 117.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 328.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 57.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 642.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 14.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.56 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.02
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 855.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 7.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 4.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 114.95713 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 336.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 212.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 591.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.699999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 15.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 22.616667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.849999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.699999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 54.608295 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 322.13773
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 37.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 30.65 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.483334 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.4
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98
    Elevation 14.0 m