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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A20923

Preserved specimen of Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) | Boxer Snipe Eel recorded on 1999-08-31
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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 A20923
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A20923
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 Draght, G.  
Supplied as "G Draght"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
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, orange roughy]
Date identified 2000

Event

Occurrence date 1999-08-31
Supplied date "1999-08-31T00:00:00\1999-08-31T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, orange roughy  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Anguilliformes | Nemichthyidae
Scientific name Nemichthys curvirostris
Supplied scientific name "Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Boxer Snipe Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Anguilliformes
Family Nemichthyidae
Genus Nemichthys
Species Nemichthys curvirostris
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Strömman, 1896)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality off western Tasmania
Latitude -40.98
Supplied as: "-40.98"
Longitude 143.82
Supplied as: "143.82"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality off western Tasmania
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol estimated
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