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Occurrence record: Fishes:I41051

Preserved specimen of Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 | Southern Shortfin Eel recorded on 2019-09-16
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Fishes
Supplied collection code "Fishes"
Catalog number I41051
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I41051
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by J W Johnson  
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Electrofisher]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2021-01-19
Supplied as 19 Jan 2021

Event

Occurrence date 2019-09-16
Sampling protocol Electrofisher  
Verbatim event date 16 Sep 2019
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Anguilla australis
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Shortfin Eel
Supplied common name "Eel"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Anguilliformes
Family Anguillidae
Genus Anguilla
Species Anguilla australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Richardson, 1841
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Spring Creek, trib Mowbray River, Spring Ck Rd, Mowbray
Habitat
Supplied as "Fresh Water"
Latitude -16.5818
Supplied as: "-16.5818"
Longitude 145.4856
Supplied as: "145.4856"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 16° 34' 54.48" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 29' 8.16" East

Additional properties

object id 439416

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID ebef57b7-9ec2-472f-8660-cf9b1f4a26ff
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Anguilla australis
    Coordinates -16.581806,145.485564
    Related records
    Record UUID 4381d478-4d1f-4c70-859e-50a9094ebf16
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Anguilla australis
    Coordinates -16.5818,145.4856

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Daintree-Bloomfield
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MOSSMAN RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Douglas
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DOUGLAS SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 96
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 844
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT DOUGLAS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT DOUGLAS - DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAIRNS - FAR NORTH COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MOSSMAN - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1952.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 91.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 92.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 986.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 109.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1182.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.79
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.050001 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 86.0 m