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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.31154-015

Preserved specimen of Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843) | Smooth Whiptail recorded on 1991-01-26
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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.31154-015
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8101123","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.31154-015"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.31154-015
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Williams, A  
Identified date 1991
Collector Paxton, J.  
Supplied as "J. Paxton, FRV So.Surv."
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Engel high rise bottom trawl, 19 m]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 1991
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8047411
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";
Occurrence date 1991-01-26
Sampling protocol Engel high rise bottom trawl, 19 m  
Date precision DAY
Event time 0:50

Taxonomy

Scientific name Malacocephalus laevis
Supplied scientific name "Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Smooth Whiptail
Supplied common name "Smooth Whip-tail"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Gadiformes
Family Macrouridae
Genus Malacocephalus
Species Malacocephalus laevis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843)
Scientific name authorship (Lowe, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Lowe, 1843)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -22.97916
Supplied as: "-22.97916"
Longitude 113.23916
Supplied as: "113.23916"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality off Point Cloates
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.31154] Australia, Western Australia, off Point Cloates (22° 59' 54" S, 113° 14' 18" E) 26/01/1991 - 26/01/1991, J. Paxton, FRV So.Surv.(Collector), Engel high rise bottom trawl, 19 m";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 22° 58' 45.000" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113° 14' 21.000" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/26
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 8845ca92-fa1f-45a0-b2d9-1b1e0ef111db
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843)
    Coordinates -22.97916,113.23916
    Related records
    Record UUID b8bd1555-31a9-42c4-945d-138931771fc8
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Malacocephalus laevis
    Coordinates -22.97916,113.23917

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone