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Occurrence record: ANFC:B 1051

Preserved specimen of Myctophum asperum Richardson, 1845 | Prickly Lanternfish recorded on 1939-05-29
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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 B 1051
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:B 1051
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by R Bolin & J Paxton  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
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 1939-05-29
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Myctophum asperum
Supplied scientific name "Myctophum asperum Richardson, 1845"
Identified to rank species
Common name Prickly Lanternfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Myctophum
Species Myctophum asperum
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158903
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Richardson, 1845
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Supplied as: "NSW"
Locality E of Coalcliff
Latitude -34.15
Supplied as: "-34.15"
Longitude 151.58333
Supplied as: "151.58333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Maximum depth in metres 100
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (151.58333 -34.15000)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone