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Occurrence record: ANFC:CA 2648

Preserved specimen of Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 | Sharksucker recorded on 1981-06-28
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number CA 2648
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:CA 2648
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by I S R Munro  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking

Event

Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking
Occurrence date 1981-06-28
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Echeneis naucrates
Supplied scientific name "Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758"
Identified to rank species
Common name Sharksucker
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Echeneidae
Supplied as "Echeneididae"
Genus Echeneis
Species Echeneis naucrates
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126848
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality N of Groote Eylandt, Gulf of Carpentaria
Latitude -13.0
Supplied as: "-13"
Longitude 136.0
Supplied as: "136"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (136.00000 -13.00000)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Laynhapuy - Stage 1
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Laynhapuy - Stage 1
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Nhulunbuy
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KOOLATONG RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Laynhapuy - Stage 1
    Local Government Areas 2011 East Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated East Arnhem - Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 EAST ARNHEM REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 369
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 450
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LAYNHAPUY - GUMATJ HOMELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LAYNHAPUY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NHULUNBUY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NHULUNBUY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 23.0 frequency
    Species Richness 16.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1255.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 107.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 522.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 68.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 800.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.71
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.083332 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 16.0 m