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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.37755-001

Preserved specimen of Alabes obtusirostris Hutchins & Morrison, 2004 | Pugnose Shore Eel recorded on 1962-08-10
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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.37755-001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8130284,urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.37755-001"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hutchins, Dr Barry - Western Australian Museum (old address) - Department of Ichthyology  
Collector CSIRO Oceanography
Specimen type PARATYPE  
Supplied as "Paratype"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2002

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8013968
Occurrence date 1962-08-10
Supplied date "1962-08-10/1962-08-10"
End day of year 222
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 222

Taxonomy

Scientific name Alabes obtusirostris
Supplied scientific name "Alabes obtusirostris Hutchins & Morrison, 2004"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pugnose Shore Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Gobiesocidae
Genus Alabes
Species Alabes obtusirostris
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Alabes obtusirostris Hutchins & Morrison, 2004
Scientific name authorship Hutchins & Morrison, 2004
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Hutchins & Morrison, 2004

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -33.15
Supplied as: "-33.15"
Longitude 114.816666
Supplied as: "114.816666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality E of Binningup, SW Western Australia
Location remarks [I.37755] Australia, Western Australia, E of Binningup, SW Western Australia (33° 09' S, 114° 49' E) 10/08/1962 - 10/08/1962, CSIRO Oceanography(Collector)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 33° 09' " S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 114° 49' " E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions SW West Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Southwest Shelf Province
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 South West
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 11.0 frequency
    Species Richness 10.0 frequency