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Occurrence record: Fishes:I9637

Preserved specimen of Regalecus glesne Ascanius, 1772 | Oarfish recorded on 1968-08-02
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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 I9637
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I9637
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Beach Wash]

Event

Occurrence date 1968-08-02
Sampling protocol Beach Wash  
Verbatim event date 02 Aug 1968
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Regalecus glesne
Identified to rank species
Common name Oarfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Lampridiformes
Family Regalecidae
Genus Regalecus
Species Regalecus glesne
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Ascanius, 1772
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Southport Beach
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -27.95
Supplied as: "-27.95"
Longitude 153.416667
Supplied as: "153.416667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 27° 57' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 25' East

Additional properties

object id FI9637

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Moreton Bay
    GER Border Ranges GER Border Ranges
    NRM Regions 2010 South East Queensland
    NRM Regions 2017 South East Queensland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East Queensland
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Tweed-Moreton
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GOLD COAST CITY
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BROADWATER
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sea, estuaries (includes seagrass)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1383.2 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 189.7 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 156.2 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 42.8 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 488.3 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 48.4 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 503.6 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.25 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.2
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.99 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.69 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.869999 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.22 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 16.150002 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.24 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.18 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.137
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.08 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.67 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.84 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.876
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0