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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:P27823.005

Preserved specimen of Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915 | Mcculloch's Rainbowfish
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Fish Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number P27823.005
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:www.ozcam.org.au:wamichthy:P27823.005
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Allen, G.R.  
Identified date 1983-01-01
Collector 1.  Allen   2.  , G.R.   3.  Paska   4.  , J.  
Supplied as "Allen, G.R. & Paska, J."
Individual count 3
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Rotenone]
Date identified 1983-01-01

Event

Event ID QNG-82-0
Sampling protocol Rotenone  
Verbatim event date 1982-10-01
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanotaenia maccullochi
Identified to rank species
Common name Mcculloch's Rainbowfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Atheriniformes
Family Melanotaeniidae
Genus Melanotaenia
Species Melanotaenia maccullochi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Ogilby, 1915
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
Latitude -8.88333
Supplied as: "-8.88333"
Longitude 141.2
Supplied as: "141.2"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality about 17 km upstream
Minimum depth in metres 0.1
Maximum depth in metres 2
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 8°53`S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PG
Verbatim longitude 141°12`E

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    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.9625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 72.0 %