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Occurrence record: ANFC:H 7319-02

Preserved specimen of Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902 | Valdivia Dragonfish recorded on 2011-06-12
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number H 7319-02
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:H 7319-02
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by A Flynn  
License CC-BY
Field Number SSt211 39n5
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 2012-02-03
Identification remarks 2s - Identification made with high degree of confidence at all levels - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen

Event

Field Number SSt211 39n5
Identification remarks 2s - Identification made with high degree of confidence at all levels - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen
Occurrence date 2011-06-12
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanostomias valdiviae
Supplied scientific name "Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer, 1902"
Identified to rank species
Common name Valdivia Dragonfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Stomiiformes
Family Stomiidae
Supplied as "Melanostomiidae"
Genus Melanostomias
Species Melanostomias valdiviae
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127365
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Brauer, 1902
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

State or Territory Tasman Sea
Locality southern Tasman Sea
Latitude -40.63467
Supplied as: "-40.63467"
Longitude 155.8905
Supplied as: "155.8905"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 197
Maximum depth in metres 395
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Footprint well known text LINESTRING (155.8905 -40.634666666667, 155.875833333333 -40.641833333333)

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