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Occurrence record: Fishes:I40302

Preserved specimen of Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847) | African Flyingfish recorded on 1995-11-26
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Fishes
Supplied collection code "Fishes"
Catalog number I40302
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I40302
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by J W Johnson  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2016-09-03
Supplied as 03 Sep 2016

Event

Occurrence date 1995-11-26
Verbatim event date 26 Nov 1995
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Parexocoetus mento
Identified to rank species
Common name African Flyingfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Beloniformes
Supplied as "Atheriniformes"
Family Exocoetidae
Genus Parexocoetus
Species Parexocoetus mento
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Valenciennes, 1847)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality West Governor Island, NW side, Napier Broome Bay, northern Kimberley coast
Habitat
Supplied as "Fresh Water"
Latitude -13.928667
Supplied as: "-13.928667"
Longitude 126.634
Supplied as: "126.634"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 13° 55' 43.2" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 126° 38' 2.4" East

Additional properties

object id 333509

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Kimberley Coast
    CAPAD 2020 Marine North Kimberley
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BARKLY REGION
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Balanggarra (Combined)