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Occurrence record: Fish:S.10808-002

Preserved specimen of Opistognathus darwiniensis Macleay, 1878 | Darwin Jawfish recorded on 1983-04-23
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Fish"
Catalog number S.10808-002
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Fish:S.10808_002
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by H.K. Larson  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 1984

Event

Occurrence date 1983-04-23
Supplied as year:1983  month:4  day:23 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Opistognathus darwiniensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Darwin Jawfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Opistognathidae
Genus Opistognathus
Species Opistognathus darwiniensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Macleay, 1878
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality Near Alpha Island, Monte Bello Islands
Latitude -20.4
Supplied as: "-20.4"
Longitude 115.533
Supplied as: "115.533"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Montebello Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Montebello Islands
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (offshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Roebourne
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 242.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 97.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 117.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 118.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 24.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.07
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.9 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.09
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.18