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Occurrence record: Fishes:I268

Preserved specimen of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 | Onegill Eel
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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 I268
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I268
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

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 Carl Creek, Normanton
Habitat
Supplied as "Fresh Water"
Latitude -17.666667
Supplied as: "-17.666667"
Longitude 141.066667
Supplied as: "141.066667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 40' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141° 4' East

Additional properties

object id FI268

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Gulf Plains
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Donors Plateau
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Gulf
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Donors Plateau
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLINDERS-NORMAN RIVERS
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Carpentaria - Burke - Mornington
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Gkuthaarn and Kukatj People and Ergon Energy ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Carpentaria exc. Doomadgee
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Mount Isa
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Carpentaria Gulf 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 Kennedy
    Local Government Areas 2011 Carpentaria (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Carpentaria
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CARPENTARIA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 163
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA - BURKE - MORNINGTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARPENTARIA EXC. DOOMADGEE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MOUNT ISA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Traeger
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Carpentaria
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Carpentaria
    Postal Areas 2021 4890
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Carpentaria
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Outback - 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 Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open woodlands with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan
    Vegetation types - present Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflats

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 11615.0 frequency
    Species Richness 909.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 826.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 129.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 339.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 623.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.99
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 899.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 7.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 124.52685 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 443.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 245.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 640.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.100002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 15.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 22.816668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.666667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 55.292255 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 311.00522
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 36.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 30.366667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.416666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.32
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.92
    Elevation 4.0 m