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Occurrence record: Fishes:I5883

Preserved specimen of Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | Blacktip Reef Shark
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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 I5883
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I5883
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Carcharhinus melanopterus
Identified to rank species
Common name Blacktip Reef Shark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Carcharhiniformes
Supplied as "Lamniformes"
Family Carcharhinidae
Genus Carcharhinus
Species Carcharhinus melanopterus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Shaw Island, Whitsunday Group
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -20.483333
Supplied as: "-20.483333"
Longitude 149.083333
Supplied as: "149.083333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20° 29' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 5' East

Additional properties

object id FI5883

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    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef Coast
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Lindeman Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef Coast
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Lindeman Islands
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 Mackay Whitsunday
    NRM Regions 2017 Mackay Whitsunday
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Mackay Whitsunday
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Lucinda-Mackay Coast
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Mackay (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mackay - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MACKAY REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 412
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SEAFORTH - CALEN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MACKAY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MACKAY - ISAAC - WHITSUNDAY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DAWSON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MACKAY - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MACKAY - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WHITSUNDAY
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other Acacia forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1709.6666 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 172.66667 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 101.333336 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 72.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 766.8333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 90.166664 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 844.8333 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 20.166666
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.65 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.35 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.683333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.183334 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.0166664 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.41166666 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0116667
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.283333 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.716667 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.05 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.095833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.765
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 116.0 m