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Occurrence record: ANFC:CA 4028

Preserved specimen of Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983 | Hicks' Toadfish recorded on 1983-10-10
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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 CA 4028
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:CA 4028
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by G Hardy  
Identified date 1987-01-15
License CC-BY
Field Number SO0583 17
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 1987-01-15
Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking

Event

Field Number SO0583 17
Identification remarks p - provisional identification, i.e. the identification possibly needs checking
Occurrence date 1983-10-10
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Torquigener hicksi
Supplied scientific name "Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983"
Identified to rank species
Common name Hicks' Toadfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Tetraodontidae
Genus Torquigener
Species Torquigener hicksi
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278268
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Hardy, 1983
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality Off Port Hedland
Latitude -18.56
Supplied as: "-18.56"
Longitude 118.18833
Supplied as: "118.18833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 160
Maximum depth in metres 164
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text LINESTRING (118.188333333333 -18.56, 118.173333333333 -18.571666666667)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Rowley Shoals
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Northwest Shelf
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone