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Occurrence record: Fishes:I20636

Preserved specimen of Scorpaena sumptuosa Castelnau, 1875 | Western Red Scorpionfish recorded on 1972-04-05
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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 I20636
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I20636
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by P Last  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 1972-04-05
Verbatim event date 05 Apr 1972
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Scorpaena sumptuosa
Identified to rank species
Common name Western Red Scorpionfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Scorpaenidae
Genus Scorpaena
Species Scorpaena sumptuosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Castelnau, 1875
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Torbay Head, Denmark
Habitat
Supplied as "Marine"
Latitude -35.133333
Supplied as: "-35.133333"
Longitude 117.633333
Supplied as: "117.633333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 22.9
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 8' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 117° 38' East

Additional properties

object id FI20636

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions WA South Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ALBANY

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 995.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 427.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 82.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 447.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.55 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.45 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.650002 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.88
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.849998 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.65 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0