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Occurrence record: ANFC:H 5234-01

Preserved specimen of Opostomias micripnus (Günther, 1878) | Obese Dragonfish recorded on 1999-07-08
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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 5234-01
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:H 5234-01
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by C Kenaley  
Identified date 2005-05-25
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 2005-05-25
Identification remarks 1p - Highly reliable identification - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking

Event

Identification remarks 1p - Highly reliable identification - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking
Occurrence date 1999-07-08
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Opostomias micripnus
Supplied scientific name "Opostomias micripnus (Günther, 1878)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Obese Dragonfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Stomiiformes
Family Stomiidae
Supplied as "Melanostomiidae"
Genus Opostomias
Species Opostomias micripnus
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281925
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Günther, 1878)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Supplied as: "Tas"
Locality W of Sandy Cape
Latitude -41.36667
Supplied as: "-41.36667"
Longitude 144.35
Supplied as: "144.35"
Datum EPSG:4326
Maximum depth in metres 400
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text LINESTRING (144.35 -41.366666666667, 144.316666666667 -41.366666666667)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmania Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone