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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:F5193

Preserved specimen of Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791) | Barracouta recorded on 1984-11-04
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number F5193
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4229"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Wet Specimen
Collector Stewart, F.E.  
Supplied as "Stewart, F.E."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [line]

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:3634
Occurrence date 1984-11-04
Sampling protocol line  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -34.23
Supplied as: "-34.23"
Longitude 138.02
Supplied as: "138.02"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Clinton | 2km offshore between Port Wakefield and
Minimum depth in metres 6
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34 14 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 01 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Upper Gulf St Vincent
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Upper Gulf St Vincent
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern and Yorke
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern and Yorke
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern and Yorke
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions St Vincent Gulf
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 331.2 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 121.8 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 45.2 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.4 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 47.2 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 121.8 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 39.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.94 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.32 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.68 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.98 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.442
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.32 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.32 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.68 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.27400002
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.584
    Elevation 1.0 m