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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.48610-003

Preserved specimen of Engraulis australis (White, 1790) | Australian Anchovy recorded on 1990-03-21
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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.48610-003
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:3191845,urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.48610-003"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Miskiewicz, Dr Tony - Australian Museum - Ichthyology  
Collector A. Jordan & Tas. Dept Sea Fisheries "FRV Challenger"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment 45cm bongo net, oblique tow
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [45cm bongo net, oblique tow]
Date identified 2025-06-02

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1248034
Occurrence date 1990-03-21
Supplied date "1990-03-21/1990-03-21"
Sampling protocol 45cm bongo net, oblique tow  
End day of year 80
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 80

Taxonomy

Scientific name Engraulis australis
Supplied scientific name "Engraulis australis (White, 1790)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Australian Anchovy
Supplied common name "Frogmouth Pilchard"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Clupeiformes
Family Engraulidae
Genus Engraulis
Species Engraulis australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Engraulis australis (White, 1790)
Scientific name authorship (White, 1790)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (White, 1790)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -43.2
Supplied as: "-43.2"
Longitude 147.86667
Supplied as: "147.86667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality East Coast of Tasmania
Water body Tasman Sea
Location remarks [I.48610] Tasman Sea, Australia, Tasmania, East Coast of Tasmania (43° 12' S, 147° 52' 00" E) 21/03/1990 - 21/03/1990, Jordan, Dr Alan(Collector), Tas. Dept Sea Fisheries "FRV Challenger"(Collector), 45cm bongo net, oblique tow, Field Collected - Aquatic
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 43° 12' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 52' 00" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 10m-100m

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Tasman
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Tasman
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Tasman
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - South-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Tasman
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lyons
    Electorates March 2025 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tasman (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tasman
    Local Government Areas 2023 Tasman
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TASMAN COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FORESTIER - TASMAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TASMAN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Forestier - Tasman
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7182
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Forestier - Tasman
    Statistical Areas Level 3 South East Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    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 Heathlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Heathlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1062.0 frequency
    Species Richness 539.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1000.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 308.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 212.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 212.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 308.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.2 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.88
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 31.0 m