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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.20935-002

Preserved specimen of Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872 | Pacific Shortfin Eel recorded on 1979-02-19
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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.20935-002
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8054895","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.20935-002"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.20935-002
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Beumer, J  
Collector AMS-AIMS
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [ROTENONE]
Date identified 1979
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8016623
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";
Occurrence date 1979-02-19
Sampling protocol ROTENONE  
Date precision DAY
Event time 9:0

Taxonomy

Scientific name Anguilla obscura
Supplied scientific name "Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pacific Shortfin Eel
Supplied common name "Pacific Short-finned Eel"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Anguilliformes
Family Anguillidae
Genus Anguilla
Species Anguilla obscura
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872
Scientific name authorship Günther, 1872
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Günther, 1872

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -11.65
Supplied as: "-11.65"
Longitude 142.85
Supplied as: "142.85"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality CAPE YORK : CAPT. BILLY CREEK
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.20935] Australia, Queensland, CAPE YORK : CAPT. BILLY CREEK (11° 39' S, 142° 51' E) 19/02/1979 - 19/02/1979, Australian Institute Marine Sciences(Collector), Australian Museum(Collector), Queensland Museum(Collector), ROTENONE";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 11° 39' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 51' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Heathlands
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 JACKY JACKY CREEK
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 59
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 590
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE YORK WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Dry rainforest or vine thickets
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Other forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Other forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1698.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 53.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 105.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 673.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 98.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1098.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.63 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.51
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.075 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 64.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.57
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 18.0 m