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Occurrence record: Fishes:I29367

Preserved specimen of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 | Onegill Eel recorded on 1994-05-06
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Fishes
Supplied collection code "Fishes"
Catalog number I29367
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I29367
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Electrofisher]

Event

Occurrence date 1994-05-06
Sampling protocol Electrofisher  
Verbatim event date 06 May 1994
End day of year 126
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 126

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophisternon bengalense
Identified to rank species
Common name Onegill Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Synbranchiformes
Family Synbranchidae
Genus Ophisternon
Species Ophisternon bengalense
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship McClelland, 1844
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Palm Ck, Mungulla Lagoon, W of Allingham
Habitat
Supplied as "Fresh Water"
Latitude -18.7
Supplied as: "-18.7"
Longitude 146.25
Supplied as: "146.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 42' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 15' East

Additional properties

object id FI29367

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Herbert River Floodplain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Herbert
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 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 Herbert
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HERBERT RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Ingham - Hinchinbrook
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Hinchinbrook
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Townsville - Mackay
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland 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 Kennedy
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hinchinbrook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hinchinbrook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HINCHINBROOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 38
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 660
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) INGHAM REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CHARTERS TOWERS - AYR - INGHAM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) INGHAM - HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Hinchinbrook
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Ingham Surrounds
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Hinchinbrook
    Postal Areas 2021 4850
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Ingham Surrounds
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Townsville
    Tourism Regions 2021 Townsville
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 28508.0 frequency
    Species Richness 563.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1911.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 105.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 97.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 92.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1019.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 124.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1134.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1853.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 83.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 17.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 56.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 104.28807 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 1096.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 546.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1096.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.133333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 13.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 19.816668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.833333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 20.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.304966 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 314.20413
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.516666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.72
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 2.0 m