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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.40083-001

Preserved specimen of Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878) | Murray River Rainbowfish recorded on 1991-08-28
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number I.40083-001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8139671","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.40083-001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.40083-001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Trnski, Dr Tom - Auckland War Memorial Museum  
Identified date 2000
Collector 1.  Midgley, S.H.   2.  Midgley, M.M.  
Supplied as "S H & M M Midgley"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Nets, traps, hook & line]
Date identified 2000
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "3";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8063028
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "3";
Occurrence date 1991-08-28
Supplied date "1991-08-28/29"
Sampling protocol Nets, traps, hook & line  
Date precision DAY_RANGE
Event date end 1991-08-29

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanotaenia fluviatilis
Supplied scientific name "Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Murray River Rainbowfish
Supplied common name "Murray River Sunfish"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Atheriniformes
Family Melanotaeniidae
Genus Melanotaenia
Species Melanotaenia fluviatilis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
Scientific name authorship (Castelnau, 1878)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Castelnau, 1878)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -24.983
Supplied as: "-24.983"
Longitude 148.683
Supplied as: "148.683"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Lake Nuga Nuga, north side
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.40083] Australia, Queensland, Lake Nuga Nuga, north side (24° 59' S, 148° 41' E) 28/08/1991 - 29/08/1991, S H & M M Midgley(Collector), Nets, traps, hook & line";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 24° 59' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 41' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2018/6/27
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Nuga Nuga
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Nuga Nuga
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Fitzroy
    NRM Regions 2017 Fitzroy
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Fitzroy
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Subregions Arcadia
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FITZROY RIVER (QLD)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Central Highlands (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Bauhinia
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS REGIONAL
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Karingbal People #2
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 85
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2115
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS - WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (QLD)
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FLYNN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL CAPRICORN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ROCKHAMPTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREGORY
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 676.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 78.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 273.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 273.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.75
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.620834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.33
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.39
    Elevation 331.0 m