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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A3907

Preserved specimen of Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916) | Southern Snipe Eel recorded on 1986-05-04
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number A3907
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A3907
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria  
Identified date 2000
Collector Sweitzer, G.  
Supplied as "G Sweitzer"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 3
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl]
Date identified 2000

Event

Occurrence date 1986-05-04
Supplied date "1986-05-04T00:00:00\1986-05-08T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Anguilliformes | Nemichthyidae
Scientific name Avocettina acuticeps
Supplied scientific name "Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Snipe Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Anguilliformes
Family Nemichthyidae
Genus Avocettina
Species Avocettina acuticeps
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Regan, 1916)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality W coast, 90 km W of Richardson
Latitude -41.2
Supplied as: "-41.2"
Longitude 143.92
Supplied as: "143.92"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality W coast, 90 km W of Richardson
Minimum depth in metres 950
Maximum depth in metres 1150
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions West Tasmania Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone