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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.51784-024

Preserved specimen of Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838) | Murray Cod recorded on 2025-03-24
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number I.51784-024
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10584266,urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.51784-024"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Unmack, Dr Peter - University of Canberra - Institute for Applied Ecology  
Collector P. Unmack, L. Pearce & M. Campbell
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Angling and Electrofisher
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Angling and Electrofisher]
Country conservation Vulnerable
Date identified 2024-01-01
Identification remarks Maccullochella peelii

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10079022
Identification remarks Maccullochella peelii
Occurrence date 2025-03-24
Supplied date "2025-03-24/2025-03-27"
Sampling protocol Angling and Electrofisher  
End day of year 86
Date precision DAY_RANGE
Start day of year 83
Event date end 2025-03-27

Taxonomy

Scientific name Maccullochella peelii
Supplied scientific name "Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Murray Cod
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Percichthyidae
Genus Maccullochella
Species Maccullochella peelii
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838)
Scientific name authorship (Mitchell, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Mitchell, 1838)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -34.27139
Supplied as: "-34.27139"
Longitude 150.80722
Supplied as: "150.80722"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cataract Dam
Location remarks [I.51784] Australia, New South Wales, Cataract Dam (34° 16' 17" S, 150° 48' 26" E) 24/03/2025 - 27/03/2025, Unmack, Dr Peter - University of Canberra - Institute for Applied Ecology(Collector), Pearce, Luke(Collector), Campbell, Matthew(Collector), Angling and Electrofisher, Field Collected - Aquatic
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34° 16' 17" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 48' 26" E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    GER Southern Highlands GER Southern Highlands
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Sydney Basin
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Sydney Cataract
    NRM Regions 2010 Hawkesbury-Nepean
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Sydney Cataract
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HAWKESBURY RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Southern Tablelands
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Wingecaribee
    Indigenous Regions 2021 South-Eastern NSW
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Cunningham
    Electorates March 2025 Cunningham
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wollongong (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wollongong Bal
    Local Government Areas 2023 Wollongong
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WOLLONGONG CITY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions South East
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 11
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2781
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ILLAWARRA CATCHMENT RESERVE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ILLAWARRA CATCHMENT RESERVE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) ILLAWARRA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CUNNINGHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTHERN TABLELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WINGECARIBEE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Heathcote
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Phylloxera Zone
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Illawarra Catchment Reserve
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Postal Areas 2021 2560
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 10702113501
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Illawarra Catchment Reserve
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Illawarra Catchment Reserve
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Illawarra
    Tourism Regions 2021 South Coast
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 49018.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1392.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1101.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 219.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 190.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 318.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 361.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 35.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.35
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 19.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1178.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 244.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 54.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 203.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 24.964426 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 322.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 142.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 381.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.2375 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.058333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 11.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.69244 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 383.7383
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 24.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.783333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 19.65 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.79
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 263.0 m