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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:F5952

Preserved specimen of Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 | Swordtail recorded on 1978-12-07
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number F5952
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:738"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet Specimen
Collector SA Fisheries Department
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:4031
Occurrence date 1978-12-07
Supplied date "7/12/1978"
End day of year 341
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 341

Taxonomy

Scientific name Xiphophorus hellerii
Supplied scientific name "Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848"
Identified to rank species
Common name Swordtail
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Supplied as "Actinopteri"
Order Cyprinodontiformes
Family Poeciliidae
Genus Xiphophorus
Species Xiphophorus hellerii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Heckel, 1848
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Locality No data (Aquarium trade)
Terrestrial false
Marine false

Additional properties

right holder Museum Board of South Australia
source file sam-ala-export-2024-12-18.csv

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