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Occurrence record: Fishes:I29684

Preserved specimen of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 | Onegill Eel recorded on 1994-12-14
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Fishes
Supplied collection code "Fishes"
Catalog number I29684
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I29684
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Electrofisher]

Event

Occurrence date 1994-12-14
Sampling protocol Electrofisher  
Verbatim event date 14 Dec 1994
End day of year 348
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 348

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophisternon bengalense
Identified to rank species
Common name Onegill Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Synbranchiformes
Family Synbranchidae
Genus Ophisternon
Species Ophisternon bengalense
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship McClelland, 1844
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Harvey Creek, trib Russell River
Habitat
Supplied as "Fresh Water"
Latitude -17.25
Supplied as: "-17.25"
Longitude 145.916667
Supplied as: "145.916667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 15' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 55' East

Additional properties

object id FI29684

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Bellenden Ker-Lamb
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Bellenden Ker-Lamb
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MULGRAVE-RUSSELL RIVERS
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Cairns - Southern Hinterlands
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cairns - Southern Hinterlands
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cairns - Atherton
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Kennedy
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Wanyurr Majay People Protected Areas ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cairns - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CAIRNS REGIONAL
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Wanyurr Majay People
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 390
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WOOROONOORAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) INNISFAIL - CASSOWARY COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MULGRAVE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Hill
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Wooroonooran
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cairns
    Postal Areas 2021 4860
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Wooroonooran
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Innisfail - Cassowary Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Cairns
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    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 Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Regrowth, modified native vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 5868.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1782.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 3821.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 378.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 312.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 74.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1650.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 189.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 2012.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.86
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 2979.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 277.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 62.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 224.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 77.02086 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 1028.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 603.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1635.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.275 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 15.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 19.699999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.0666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 20.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.41725 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 261.38184
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 30.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 26.116667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 25.166668 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.95
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 202.0 m