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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A1463

Preserved specimen of Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791) | Barracouta recorded on 1981-02-02
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number A1463
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A1463
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria  
Sex Unknown
Individual count 3
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number BSS 125 T
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, 20 m otter]
Dataset / Survey name [Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)]
Date identified 1980

Event

Dataset / Survey name Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)  
Event ID BSS 125 T
Field Number BSS 125 T
Occurrence date 1981-02-02
Supplied date "1981-02-02T07:25:00\1981-02-02T08:10:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, 20 m otter  
Date precision DAY
Event time 07:25:00\08:10:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Perciformes | Gempylidae
Scientific name Thyrsites atun
Supplied scientific name "Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Barracouta
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Gempylidae
Genus Thyrsites
Species Thyrsites atun
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Euphrasén, 1791)
Supplied as (Euphrasen, 1791)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Western Bass Strait, 35 km WNW of West Point
Latitude -40.8052
Supplied as: "-40.8052"
Longitude 144.284
Supplied as: "144.284"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Western Bass Strait, 35 km WNW of West Point
Minimum depth in metres 99
Maximum depth in metres 102
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID BSS 125 T

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Franklin
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Franklin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Franklin Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone