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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.21419-012

Preserved specimen of Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872 | Pacific Shortfin Eel recorded on 1978-12-20
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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.21419-012
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8057992","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.21419-012"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.21419-012
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Larson, Dr Helen - Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory  
Collector D HOESE R STEENE
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [ROTENONE]
Date identified 1980
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8063938
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";
Occurrence date 1978-12-20
Sampling protocol ROTENONE  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Anguilla obscura
Supplied scientific name "Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pacific Shortfin Eel
Supplied common name "Pacific Short-finned Eel"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Anguilliformes
Family Anguillidae
Genus Anguilla
Species Anguilla obscura
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872
Scientific name authorship Günther, 1872
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Günther, 1872

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -16.95
Supplied as: "-16.95"
Longitude 145.8
Supplied as: "145.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality CAIRNS HARBOUR : CREEK ON S SIDE
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.21419] Australia, Queensland, CAIRNS HARBOUR : CREEK ON S SIDE (16° 57' S, 145° 48' E) 20/12/1978 - 20/12/1978, D HOESE R STEENE(Collector), ROTENONE";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16° 57' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 48' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/26
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Trinity Inlet
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Mandingalbay Yidinji
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Trinity Inlet
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Mandingalbay Yidinji
    Directory of Important Wetlands Port of Cairns and Trinity Inlet
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Innisfail
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MULGRAVE-RUSSELL RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Mandingalbay Yidinji
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cairns - Trinity
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CAIRNS REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 390
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GORDONVALE - TRINITY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MULGRAVE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Mangrove
    Forests of Australia 2018B Mangrove
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mangroves
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mangroves
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Melaleuca forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2207.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 141.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 90.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1131.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 128.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1316.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.458334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.71
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 4.0 m