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Occurrence record: Fish:S.12021-007

Preserved specimen of Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978 | Slender Rainbowfish recorded on 1985-09-25
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Fish"
Catalog number S.12021-007
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Fish:S.12021_007
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by H.K. Larson  
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 2 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1987

Event

Occurrence date 1985-09-25
Supplied as year:1985  month:9  day:25 
End day of year 268
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 268

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanotaenia gracilis
Identified to rank species
Common name Slender Rainbowfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Atheriniformes
Family Melanotaeniidae
Genus Melanotaenia
Species Melanotaenia gracilis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Allen, 1978
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality Drysdale River, Kimberleys
Latitude -15.683
Supplied as: "-15.683"
Longitude 126.383
Supplied as: "126.383"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 4ddcab1e-2682-4dec-92b4-eb342d63a199
    Data Resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melanotaenia gracilis
    Coordinates -15.683,126.383
    Related records
    Record UUID b3dfca8c-0a53-40a7-b1d4-b879c2a666d7
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978
    Coordinates -15.683,126.383
    Record UUID 979716ae-7355-40f3-9b4c-fdd4aae866bf
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melanotaenia gracilis Allen, 1978
    Coordinates -15.683,126.383

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Northern Kimberley
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Mitchell
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Northern Kimberley
    IBRA 7 Regions Northern Kimberley
    IBRA 7 Subregions Mitchell
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DRYSDALE RIVER
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wyndham-East Kimberley (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF WYNDHAM-EAST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Wanjina - Wunggurr Wilinggin Native Title Determination No 1
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 108
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 270
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KIMBERLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NORTH KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NORTH-WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KIMBERLEY, MP
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1541.0 frequency
    Species Richness 304.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1021.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 115.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 307.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 66.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 708.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.2
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 992.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 4.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 4.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 114.125175 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 291.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 249.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 648.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.879168 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 26.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 10.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 21.016666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 15.325 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 21.016666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 57.182835 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 340.08328
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 37.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.366667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.42
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 372.0 m