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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A15445

Preserved specimen of Sardinops Hubbs, 1929 | Pilchards recorded on 1983-10-28
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number A15445
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A15445
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations eggs|wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Greg Jenkins - Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute (MAFRI)  
Collector Greg Jenkins - PIRVIC/MAFRI/VIMS - Victorian Institute of Marine Science
Sex Unknown
Individual count 3
Life stage eggs
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number FRDC 349
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [plankton net]
Date identified 1983

Event

Event ID FRDC 349
Field Number FRDC 349
Occurrence date 1983-10-28
Supplied date "1983-10-28T00:00:00\1983-10-28T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol plankton net  
End day of year 301
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 301

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Clupeiformes | Clupeidae
Scientific name Sardinops
Supplied scientific name "Sardinops neopilchardus (Jenyns, 1879)"
Identified to rank genus
Supplied as "Species"
Common name Pilchards
Supplied common name "Australian Sardine"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Clupeiformes
Family Clupeidae
Genus Sardinops
Species Sardinops neopilchardus
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Hubbs, 1929
Supplied as (Jenyns, 1879)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Centre of Port Phillip Bay
Latitude -38.15
Supplied as: "-38.15"
Longitude 144.87
Supplied as: "144.87"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Centre of Port Phillip Bay
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Victorian Embayments
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bass Strait Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Victorian Embayments
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2759.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1198.0 frequency