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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"
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Field Number SS0191/4
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1
Organism quantity type individuals
Collection http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35151
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"
Identified to rank genus
Supplied as "Species"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Supplied as "Actinopteri"
Order Stomiiformes
Family Sternoptychidae
Genus Sternoptyx
Species Sternoptyx obscura
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Hermann, 1781
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality Exmouth Plateau
Latitude -20.923333
Supplied as: "-20.9233333333"
Longitude 112.858333
Supplied as: "112.8583333333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 1139.0
Maximum depth in metres 1128.0
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text LINESTRING (112.8583333333 -20.9233333333, 112.8716666667 -20.8866666667)
Supplied as LINESTRING(112.8583333333 -20.9233333333,112.8716666667 -20.8866666667)

Additional properties

collection method demersal trawl -Engel highrise 40mm mesh
latlong type Line

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinate rounded Warning
    Min and max depth reversed Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Taxon match higher rank Warning
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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
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Gascoyne
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Province
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Pilbara
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Gascoyne Marine Park
    Australian Marine Parks 2024 Gascoyne
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 72.0 frequency
    Species Richness 44.0 frequency