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Occurrence record: ANFC:H 7937-06

Preserved specimen of Melanostomias niger Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924 | Fangtooth Dragonfish recorded on 2015-12-11
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number H 7937-06
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:H 7937-06
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by M Gomon  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 2015-12-12
Identification remarks 3s - Identification made with high confidence to genus but less so to species - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen

Event

Identification remarks 3s - Identification made with high confidence to genus but less so to species - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen
Occurrence date 2015-12-11
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanostomias niger
Supplied scientific name "Melanostomias niger Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924"
Identified to rank species
Common name Fangtooth Dragonfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Stomiiformes
Family Stomiidae
Supplied as "Melanostomiidae"
Genus Melanostomias
Species Melanostomias niger
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217617
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Supplied as: "SA"
Locality Great Australian Bight
Latitude -35.06367
Supplied as: "-35.06367"
Longitude 130.68917
Supplied as: "130.68917"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 0
Maximum depth in metres 800
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text LINESTRING (130.689166666667 -35.063666666667, 130.688666666667 -35.070833333333)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Australian Bight
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Australian Bight
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southern Province
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Great Australian Bight Marine Park
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone