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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.45186-001

Preserved specimen of Heteroclinus perspicillatus (Valenciennes, 1836) | Common Weedfish recorded on 1980-03-07
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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.45186-001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1338499,urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.45186-001"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hoese, Dr Douglass Fielding - Australian Museum - Ichthyology  
Collector W. Ivantsoff
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2023-11-17

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1136485
Occurrence date 1980-03-07
Supplied date "1980-03-07/1980-03-07"
End day of year 67
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 67

Taxonomy

Scientific name Heteroclinus perspicillatus
Supplied scientific name "Heteroclinus perspicillatus (Valenciennes, 1836)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Common Weedfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Clinidae
Genus Heteroclinus
Species Heteroclinus perspicillatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Heteroclinus perspicillatus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Scientific name authorship (Valenciennes, 1836)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Valenciennes, 1836)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -38.26389
Supplied as: "-38.26389"
Longitude 145.2889
Supplied as: "145.2889"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Westernport Bay, Melbourne
Location remarks [I.45186] Australia, Victoria, Westernport Bay, Melbourne (38° 15' 50" S, 145° 17' 20" E) 07/03/1980 - 07/03/1980, Ivantsoff, Dr Walter - Macquarie University - School of Biological Sciences(Collector), Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38° 15' 50" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 17' 20" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Directory of Important Wetlands Western Port
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Victorian Embayments
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bass Strait Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024 Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 23892.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2101.0 frequency