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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.22724-028

Preserved specimen of Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846 | Vachell's Glassfish recorded on 1981-09-15
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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.22724-028
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8065324","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.22724-028"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.22724-028
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Allen, Dr Gerald R - Western Australian Museum (old address) - Department of Ichthyology  
Collector D. Hoese & Party
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Rotenone]
Date identified 1982
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8064479
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";
Occurrence date 1981-09-15
Sampling protocol Rotenone  
End day of year 258
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 258

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ambassis vachellii
Supplied scientific name "Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846"
Identified to rank species
Common name Vachell's Glassfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Ambassidae
Genus Ambassis
Species Ambassis vachellii
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846
Scientific name authorship Richardson, 1846
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Richardson, 1846

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -14.666
Supplied as: "-14.666"
Longitude 145.45
Supplied as: "145.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Lizard Island, Mrs Watson's Bay, Ferriers Creek
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.22724] Australia, Queensland, Lizard Island, Mrs Watson's Bay, Ferriers Creek (14° 40' S, 145° 27' E) 15/09/1981 - 15/09/1981, D. Hoese & Party(Collector), Rotenone";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14° 40' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 27' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Lizard Island
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Lizard Island
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Lizard Island
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Starke Coastal Lowlands
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Starke Coastal Lowlands
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 JEANNIE RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Cape York
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cape York Wilderness
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cape York
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Cape York Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Leichhardt
    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
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Cook
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Cape York
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cook
    Postal Areas 2021 4892
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Cape York
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Far North
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 101299.0 frequency
    Species Richness 7590.0 frequency
    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1483.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 77.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 41.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 95.17744 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 777.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 312.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 899.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 10.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 20.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.283333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 5.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.38095 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 179.65877
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.466667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 58.0 %