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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:F1793

Preserved specimen of Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846 | Vachell's Glassfish recorded on 1927-01-
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Dataset

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 F1793
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:7533"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet Specimen
Collector Hale H M & Tindale N B
Specimen type HOLOTYPE  
Supplied as "Holotype of Ambassis telkara Whitley, 1935"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Typified name Ambassis telkara Whitley, 1935

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:381
Occurrence date [date not supplied]
Supplied date "1927-01-"
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ambassis vachellii
Supplied scientific name "Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846"
Identified to rank species
Common name Vachell's Glassfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Supplied as "Actinopteri"
Order Perciformes
Supplied as "Mugiliformes"
Family Ambassidae
Genus Ambassis
Species Ambassis vachellii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Richardson, 1846
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Bathurst Head
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -14.28
Supplied as: "-14.28"
Longitude 144.23
Supplied as: "144.23"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14 17 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144 14 E

Additional properties

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

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Kalpowar
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Kalpowar
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Kalpowar
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Battle Camp Sandstones
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Battle Camp Sandstones
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 JEANNIE RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Cape York
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Bathurst Heads (Wongai) Mine ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cape York Wilderness
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cape York
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Cape York Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Leichhardt
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Kalpowar ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 59
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 590
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE YORK WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Cook
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Cape York
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cook
    Postal Areas 2021 4892
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Cape York
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Far North
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2920.0 frequency
    Species Richness 337.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1260.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 633.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 84.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 855.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.7
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1290.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 22.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 3.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 12.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 112.783554 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 511.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 313.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 877.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.658333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.700001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 18.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.033333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.45 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 61.904762 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 188.58122
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.683334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.183334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 61.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 105.0 m