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Occurrence record: Fish:S.16708-059

Preserved specimen of Opistognathus darwiniensis Macleay, 1878 | Darwin Jawfish recorded on 2008-11-14
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Fish"
Catalog number S.16708-059
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Fish:S.16708_059
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by R.S. Williams  
Identified date 2010
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2010

Event

Occurrence date 2008-11-14
Supplied as year:2008  month:11  day:14 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Opistognathus darwiniensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Darwin Jawfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Opistognathidae
Genus Opistognathus
Species Opistognathus darwiniensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Macleay, 1878
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Vesteys Beach reef, Darwin Harbour
Latitude -12.436
Supplied as: "-12.436"
Longitude 130.829
Supplied as: "130.829"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
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 Darwin
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Anson Beagle
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DARWIN MUNICIPALITY
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FANNIE BAY

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Topography
    Elevation 8.0 m