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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:P35343.004

Preserved specimen of Neosilurus pseudospinosus Allen & Feinberg, 1998 | Falsespine Catfish
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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 P35343.004
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:www.ozcam.org.au:wamichthy:P35343.004
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Moore, G.I.;Hammer, M.P.  
Collector Moore, G.I. & Hammer, M.P.
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Electro-fisher]
Date identified 2022-01-01

Event

Event ID BBK22-14b
Sampling protocol Electro-fisher  
Verbatim event date 2022-07-25
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED
Event time 800

Taxonomy

Scientific name Neosilurus pseudospinosus
Identified to rank species
Common name Falsespine Catfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Siluriformes
Family Plotosidae
Genus Neosilurus
Species Neosilurus pseudospinosus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Allen & Feinberg, 1998
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -15.920278
Supplied as: "-15.920278"
Longitude 125.218333
Supplied as: "125.218333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality waterfalls
Water body Calder
Minimum depth in metres 0.5
Maximum depth in metres 2.5
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 15°55`13.76"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 125°13`6.60"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Dambimangari
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Wilinggin
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Wilinggin
    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
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 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
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ISDELL RIVER
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Wilinggin
    Indigenous Areas 2021 North Kimberley
    Indigenous Locations 2021 North-West Kimberley
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Wilinggin
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Kununurra
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    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
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Durack
    Electorates March 2025 Durack
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Dambimangari
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wyndham-East Kimberley (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Local Government Areas 2023 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
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Kununurra
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Postal Areas 2021 6740
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Kununurra
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Kimberley
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (North)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's North West
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous managed, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical Eucalyptus forest and woodlands with a tall annual grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 193.0 frequency
    Species Richness 104.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1136.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 345.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 77.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 829.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 12.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1105.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 19.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 2.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 13.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 120.47433 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 238.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 303.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 780.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.3625 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 23.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 12.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 22.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.508333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 58.225574 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 283.5339
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 36.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.166666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.966667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 58.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.43
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 300.0 m