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Occurrence record: Fishes:I39604

Preserved specimen of Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) | Oxeye Herring recorded on 1993-05-12
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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 I39604
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I39604
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by J W Johnson  
Identified date 15 Jan 2016
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Electrofisher]
Date identified 2016-01-15
Supplied as 15 Jan 2016

Event

Occurrence date 1993-05-12
Sampling protocol Electrofisher  
Verbatim event date 12 May 1993
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megalops cyprinoides
Identified to rank species
Common name Oxeye Herring
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Elopiformes
Family Megalopidae
Genus Megalops
Species Megalops cyprinoides
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Broussonet, 1782)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Howick River
Habitat
Supplied as "Fresh Water"
Latitude -14.606167
Supplied as: "-14.606167"
Longitude 144.683833
Supplied as: "144.683833"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14° 36' 22.2" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 41' 1.8" East

Additional properties

object id 328191

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Cape Melville (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Cape Melville (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
    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 Starke Coastal Lowlands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 JEANNIE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Seven National Parks Bama-Bi Bubu ILUA
    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 Melaleuca
    Forests of Australia 2018B Melaleuca
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca open woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Melaleuca forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1211.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 108.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 593.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 77.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 799.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.59 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.68
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.270834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 60.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 10.0 m