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Occurrence record: ANFC:H 8998-08

Preserved specimen of Ventrifossa sazonovi Iwamoto & Williams, 1999 | Dark Smiling Whiptail recorded on 2022-10-21
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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 8998-08
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:H 8998-08
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Field Number IN2022_V08/159
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
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2026-07-14
Identification remarks 2s - Identification made with high degree of confidence at all levels - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen

Event

Field Number IN2022_V08/159
Identification remarks 2s - Identification made with high degree of confidence at all levels - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen
Occurrence date 2022-10-21
End day of year 294
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 294

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ventrifossa sazonovi
Identified to rank species
Common name Dark Smiling Whiptail
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Supplied as "Actinopteri"
Order Gadiformes
Family Macrouridae
Genus Ventrifossa
Species Ventrifossa sazonovi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
Locality Muirfield Seamount, S of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Latitude -13.173667
Supplied as: "-13.173666667"
Longitude 96.261
Supplied as: "96.261"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 603.0
Maximum depth in metres 675.0
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text LINESTRING (96.261 -13.173666667, 96.273833333 -13.182666667)
Supplied as LINESTRING(96.261 -13.173666667,96.2738333330 -13.1826666670)

Additional properties

collection method beam trawl - 4 metre
latlong type Line
size sl max 270.0

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 3827c319-70e0-4857-b900-944db710767f
    Data Resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
    Raw Scientific Name Ventrifossa sazonovi
    Coordinates -13.173667,96.261
    Related records
    Record UUID ec0b2e4b-d371-420e-975e-e7c300dcb355
    Data Resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
    Raw Scientific Name Ventrifossa sazonovi
    Coordinates -13.173667,96.261

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Cocos (Keeling) Island Province
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Cocos (Keeling) Island Province
    Marine
    Australian Marine Parks 2024 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 0.0 frequency
    Species Richness 0.0 frequency