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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.40483-001

Preserved specimen of Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau, 1875) | Chequered Rainbowfish recorded on 1993-07-16
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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.40483-001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8142740","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.40483-001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.40483-001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Trnski, Dr Tom - Auckland War Memorial Museum  
Collector 1.  Midgley, S.H.   2.  Midgley, M.M.  
Supplied as "S H and M M Midgley"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Nets, traps, hook and line]
Date identified 2000
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "3";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8032056
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "3";
Occurrence date 1993-07-16
Sampling protocol Nets, traps, hook and line  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanotaenia splendida inornata
Supplied scientific name "Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau, 1875)"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Chequered Rainbowfish
Supplied common name "Chequered Rainbow Fish"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Atheriniformes
Family Melanotaeniidae
Genus Melanotaenia
Species Melanotaenia splendida
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau, 1875)
Subspecies Melanotaenia splendida inornata
Scientific name authorship (Castelnau, 1875)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Castelnau, 1875)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -17.35
Supplied as: "-17.35"
Longitude 143.7
Supplied as: "143.7"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Lynd Lagoon, Lynd River flood channel
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.40483] Australia, Queensland, Lynd Lagoon, Lynd River flood channel (17° 21' S, 143° 42' E) 16/07/1993 - 16/07/1993, S H and M M Midgley(Collector), Nets, traps, hook and line";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 21' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 42' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2018/6/27
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Holroyd Plain-Red Plateau
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MITCHELL-COLEMAN RIVERS (QLD)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Small Scale Mining & Exploration Activities - Wakaman People
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tablelands (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mareeba
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MAREEBA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 57
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1654
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TABLELANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KURANDA - CROYDON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ETHERIDGE TABLELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open woodlands with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 838.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 123.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 368.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 60.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 608.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.59 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.766666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 60.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.38
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.96
    Elevation 206.0 m