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Occurrence record: Fishes:I21770

Preserved specimen of Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983 | Hicks' Toadfish recorded on 1985-08-27
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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 I21770
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I21770
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Trawl]

Event

Occurrence date 1985-08-27
Sampling protocol Trawl  
Verbatim event date 27 Aug 1985
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Torquigener hicksi
Identified to rank species
Common name Hicks' Toadfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Tetraodontidae
Genus Torquigener
Species Torquigener hicksi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Hardy, 1983
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Bunker Group, east of
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -23.983333
Supplied as: "-23.983333"
Longitude 152.85
Supplied as: "152.85"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 340
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 23° 59' South
Biome MARINE
Continent Oceania
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 51' East

Additional properties

object id FI21770

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Transition
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLADSTONE REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BURNETT