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Occurrence record: Fishes:I22920

Preserved specimen of Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) | Galapagos Shark
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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 I22920
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I22920
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Line - Handline]

Event

Sampling protocol Line - Handline  
Verbatim event date May 1987
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Carcharhinus galapagensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Galapagos Shark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Carcharhiniformes
Supplied as "Lamniformes"
Family Carcharhinidae
Genus Carcharhinus
Species Carcharhinus galapagensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Elizabeth Reef
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -29.916667
Supplied as: "-29.916667"
Longitude 159.033333
Supplied as: "159.033333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 29° 55' South
Biome MARINE
Continent Oceania
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 159° 2' East

Additional properties

object id FI22920

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Elizabeth & Middleton Reefs
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Lord Howe
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Lord Howe
    RAMSAR wetland regions Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Lord Howe Province
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Lord Howe Marine Park