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Occurrence record: Fishes:I29013

Preserved specimen of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 | Onegill Eel recorded on 1993-10-29
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Dataset

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 I29013
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I29013
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Electrofisher]

Event

Occurrence date 1993-10-29
Sampling protocol Electrofisher  
Verbatim event date 29 Oct 1993
End day of year 302
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 302

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophisternon bengalense
Identified to rank species
Common name Onegill Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Synbranchiformes
Family Synbranchidae
Genus Ophisternon
Species Ophisternon bengalense
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship McClelland, 1844
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Coleman River, Blazeaway Hole
Habitat
Supplied as "Fresh Water"
Latitude -14.966667
Supplied as: "-14.966667"
Longitude 142.133333
Supplied as: "142.133333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14° 58' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 8' East

Additional properties

object id FI29013

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation
    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) Northern Holroyd Plain
    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 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Northern Holroyd Plain
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MITCHELL-COLEMAN RIVERS (QLD)
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Pormpuraaw
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Pormpuraaw
    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 Pormpuraaw (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Pormpuraaw
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PORMPURAAW ABORIGINAL SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 446
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 630
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KOWANYAMA - PORMPURAAW
    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) PORMPURAAW
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PORMPURAAW
    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 Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Pormpuraaw
    Postal Areas 2021 4892
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Kowanyama - Pormpuraaw
    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 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 17.0 frequency
    Species Richness 16.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1224.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 129.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 382.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 95.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 920.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.77
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1271.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 5.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 5.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 125.10418 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 268.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 339.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 928.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.800001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.899998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 16.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.933333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 59.966507 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 219.44142
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 36.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.083334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.033333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 60.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.43
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 35.0 m