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Occurrence record: ANFC:H 2544-17

Preserved specimen of Sternoptyx Hermann, 1781 recorded on 1991-01-23
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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 H 2544-17
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:H 2544-17
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by P Last  
License CC-BY
Field Number SS0191 4
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 1991-01-23
Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking

Event

Field Number SS0191 4
Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking
Occurrence date 1991-01-23
End day of year 23
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 23

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sternoptyx
Supplied scientific name "Sternoptyx obscura Garman, 1899"
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Stomiiformes
Family Sternoptychidae
Genus Sternoptyx
Species Sternoptyx obscura
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275004
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Hermann, 1781
Supplied as Garman, 1899
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality Exmouth Plateau
Latitude -20.92333
Supplied as: "-20.92333"
Longitude 112.85833
Supplied as: "112.85833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 1128
Maximum depth in metres 1139
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text LINESTRING (112.858333333333 -20.923333333333, 112.871666666667 -20.886666666667)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Gascoyne
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Gascoyne
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Gascoyne
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Province
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Gascoyne Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 72.0 frequency
    Species Richness 44.0 frequency