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Occurrence record: ANFC:CA 3383

Preserved specimen of Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | Blacktip Reef Shark recorded on 1983-02-10
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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 CA 3383
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:CA 3383
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by W White  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 2010-08-25
Identification remarks 2s - Identification made with high degree of confidence at all levels - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen

Event

Identification remarks 2s - Identification made with high degree of confidence at all levels - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen
Occurrence date 1983-02-10
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Carcharhinus melanopterus
Supplied scientific name "Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Blacktip Reef Shark
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Carcharhiniformes
Family Carcharhinidae
Genus Carcharhinus
Species Carcharhinus melanopterus
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105795
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality N of Croker Island, Arafura Sea
Latitude -10.98333
Supplied as: "-10.98333"
Longitude 132.41667
Supplied as: "132.41667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Maximum depth in metres 19
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (132.41667 -10.98333)

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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 Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Cobourg
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA