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Occurrence record: ANFC:T 871

Preserved specimen of Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902 | Valdivia Dragonfish recorded on 1982-05-11
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number T 871
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:T 871
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by R H Gibbs  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 1985-11-13
Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking

Event

Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking
Occurrence date 1982-05-11
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanostomias valdiviae
Supplied scientific name "Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902"
Identified to rank species
Common name Valdivia Dragonfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Stomiiformes
Family Stomiidae
Supplied as "Melanostomiidae"
Genus Melanostomias
Species Melanostomias valdiviae
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127365
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Brauer, 1902
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Supplied as: "Tas"
Locality NE of Bicheno
Latitude -41.41667
Supplied as: "-41.41667"
Longitude 148.73333
Supplied as: "148.73333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 860
Maximum depth in metres 955
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (148.73333 -41.41667)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmania Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone