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Occurrence record: Fishes:I30767

Preserved specimen of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 | Onegill Eel recorded on 1995-01-01
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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 I30767
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I30767
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by J W Johnson  
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Net - Dipnet]

Event

Occurrence date 1995-01-01
Sampling protocol Net - Dipnet  
Verbatim event date 01 Jan 1995
End day of year 1
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 1

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophisternon bengalense
Identified to rank species
Common name Onegill Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Synbranchiformes
Family Synbranchidae
Genus Ophisternon
Species Ophisternon bengalense
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship McClelland, 1844
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Darwin
Habitat
Supplied as "Fresh Water"
Latitude -12.45
Supplied as: "-12.45"
Longitude 130.833333
Supplied as: "130.833333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 27' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130° 50' East

Additional properties

object id FI30767

User flagged issues 

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    First of the month Warning
    First of the year Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Darwin Coastal
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Darwin Coastal
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Darwin Coastal
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FINNISS RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Darwin - Inner Suburbs
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Larrakeyah - The Gardens
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Darwin
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Solomon
    Local Government Areas 2011 Darwin (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated The Gardens
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DARWIN MUNICIPALITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 111
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 777
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER DARWIN
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FANNIE BAY - THE GARDENS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DARWIN CITY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOLOMON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) DARWIN - INNER SUBURBS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LARRAKEYAH - THE GARDENS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FANNIE BAY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Fannie Bay
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Fannie Bay - The Gardens
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Darwin
    Local Government Areas 2023 Darwin
    Postal Areas 2021 0820
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Fannie Bay - The Gardens
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Darwin City
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Darwin
    Tourism Regions 2021 Darwin
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B 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 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 135941.0 frequency
    Species Richness 7490.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1716.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 442.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1156.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.61 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.5
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.3 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 62.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 13.0 m