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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.50812-012

Preserved specimen of Ventrifossa sazonovi Iwamoto & Williams, 1999 | Dark Smiling Whiptail recorded on 2022-10-20
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number I.50812-012
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2690335,urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.50812-012"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Pogonoski, Mr John - CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research - Ichythyology  
Collector K. Graham & Y. Tea
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Beam trawl
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Beam trawl]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2026-07-14

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1357584
Occurrence date 2022-10-20
Supplied date "2022-10-20/2022-10-20"
Sampling protocol Beam trawl  
End day of year 293
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 293

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ventrifossa sazonovi
Supplied scientific name "Ventrifossa sazonovi Iwamoto & Williams, 1999"
Identified to rank species
Common name Dark Smiling Whiptail
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Gadiformes
Family Macrouridae
Genus Ventrifossa
Species Ventrifossa sazonovi
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ventrifossa sazonovi Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
Scientific name authorship Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
Verbatim taxon rank species

Geospatial

Country Australia
Latitude -13.179167
Supplied as: "-13.179167"
Longitude 96.26861
Supplied as: "96.26861"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality SW of Cocos Keeling Islands, Muirfield 3
Water body Indian Ocean
Location remarks [I.50812] Indian Ocean, Australia, SW of Cocos Keeling Islands, Muirfield 3 (13° 10' 45" S, 96° 16' 07" E) 20/10/2022 - 20/10/2022, Beam trawl, Field Collected - Aquatic, Investigator in2022_08 Cocos Keeling Is
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 13° 10' 45" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 096° 16' 07" E

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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 50b20f9d-9f7e-4ad0-9295-827d85a828a6
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ventrifossa sazonovi Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
    Coordinates -13.179167,96.26861
    Related records
    Record UUID 51c01ae4-5afc-4bd3-a15f-f1023efd5391
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ventrifossa sazonovi Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
    Coordinates -13.179167,96.26861

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Cocos (Keeling) Island Province
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Cocos (Keeling) Island Province
    Marine
    Australian Marine Parks 2024 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 0.0 frequency
    Species Richness 0.0 frequency