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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.364

Preserved specimen of Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878) | Murray River Rainbowfish recorded on 1886
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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.364
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8125011","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.364"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.364
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Allen, Dr Gerald R. - Western Australian Museum - Department of Ichthyology  
Collector 1.  Museum, Queensland   2.  Queensland Museum  
Supplied as "MUSEUM, QUEENSLAND - Queensland Museum"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1979
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8018809
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1886, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1886"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanotaenia fluviatilis
Supplied scientific name "Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Murray River Rainbowfish
Supplied common name "Murray River Sunfish"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Atheriniformes
Family Melanotaeniidae
Genus Melanotaenia
Species Melanotaenia fluviatilis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
Scientific name authorship (Castelnau, 1878)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Castelnau, 1878)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -27.9
Supplied as: "-27.9"
Longitude 151.916
Supplied as: "151.916"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality KINGS CREEK :
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.364] Australia, Queensland, KINGS CREEK : (27° 54' S, 151° 55' E) 1886 - 1886, Queensland Museum(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 27° 54' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 55' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Condamine
    NRM Regions 2017 Condamine
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Condamine
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Subregions Eastern Darling Downs
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    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 Toowoomba (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Clifton
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TOOWOOMBA REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 606
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CLIFTON - GREENMOUNT
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GRANITE BELT
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) DARLING DOWNS - MARANOA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARANOA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TOOWOOMBA - SOUTH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GREENMOUNT - CLIFTON - CAMBOOYA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOOWOOMBA - ROMA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) CONDAMINE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 682.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 89.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 83.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 263.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 266.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 26.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.63
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.079166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.4
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.49
    Elevation 439.0 m