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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.20896-002

Preserved specimen of Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875) | Western Rainbowfish recorded on 1978-06-12
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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.20896-002
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8054341","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.20896-002"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.20896-002
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Larson, Dr Helen - Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory  
Identified date 1979
Collector Hoese, D  
Supplied as "HOESE, D"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [SCOOPNET]
Date identified 1979
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8054881
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";
Occurrence date 1978-06-12
Sampling protocol SCOOPNET  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanotaenia australis
Supplied scientific name "Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Western Rainbowfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Atheriniformes
Family Melanotaeniidae
Genus Melanotaenia
Species Melanotaenia australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau, 1875)
Scientific name authorship (Castelnau, 1875)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Castelnau, 1875)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -15.766
Supplied as: "-15.766"
Longitude 130.033
Supplied as: "130.033"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality VICTORIA R DRAINAGE : EAST BAINES RIVER
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.20896] Australia, Northern Territory, VICTORIA R DRAINAGE : EAST BAINES RIVER (15° 46' S, 130° 02' E) 12/06/1978 - 12/06/1978, Hoese, D(Collector), SCOOPNET";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 15° 46' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130° 2' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/26
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Subregions Angalarri
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 VICTORIA RIVER-WISO
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Victoria-Daly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Victoria
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 VICTORIA DALY REGION
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Auvergne Pastoral Lease
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 229
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 375
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) VICTORIA RIVER
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) VICTORIA RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BULLA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) STUART
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Melaleuca
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca open woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Melaleuca forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 871.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 119.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 283.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 613.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.14
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.954166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.34
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.92
    Elevation 25.0 m