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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.18806-001

Preserved specimen of Meiacanthus Norman, 1943 recorded on 1976-04-04
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Dataset

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.18806-001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8038068","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.18806-001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.18806-001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Smith-Vaniz, Dr William F. - Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History NMB MRC 159  
Collector V SPRINGER PARTY
Specimen type Paratype: Meiacanthus (Meiacanthus) fraseri Smith-Vaniz, 1976 : Blenniidae : : : Chordata
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8009007
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "1";
Occurrence date 1976-04-04
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meiacanthus
Supplied scientific name "Meiacanthus fraseri Smith-Vaniz, 1976"
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Blenniidae
Genus Meiacanthus
Species Meiacanthus fraseri
Name match metric higherMatch
Accepted name Meiacanthus fraseri Smith-Vaniz, 1976
Scientific name authorship Norman, 1943
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Smith-Vaniz, 1976

Geospatial

Country Mauritius
State or Territory Cargados Carajos
Latitude -16.45
Supplied as: "-16.45"
Longitude -59.65
Supplied as: "-59.65"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality ST BRANDON SHOALS : CARGADOS CARAJOS
Water body Western Indian Ocean
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.18806] Western Indian Ocean, Mauritius, CARGADOS CARAJOS, ST BRANDON SHOALS : CARGADOS CARAJOS (16° 27' S, 59° 39' W) 04/04/1976 - 04/04/1976, V SPRINGER PARTY(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16° 27' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code MU
Verbatim longitude 59° 39' W

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Bolivia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.416666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 67.0 %