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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.22808-057

Preserved specimen of Ventrifossa gomoni Iwamoto & Williams, 1999 | Pale Smiling Whiptail recorded on 1982-04-03
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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.22808-057
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8066012,urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.22808-057"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Iwamoto, Dr Tomio - California Academy of Sciences - Department of Ichthyology  
Collector J Paxton and M McGrouther, FRV Soela
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Engel trawl
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Engel trawl]
Date identified 2003

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8033712
Occurrence date 1982-04-03
Supplied date "1982-04-03/1982-04-03"
Sampling protocol Engel trawl  
End day of year 93
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 93

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ventrifossa gomoni
Supplied scientific name "Ventrifossa gomoni Iwamoto & Williams, 1999"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pale Smiling Whiptail
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Gadiformes
Family Macrouridae
Genus Ventrifossa
Species Ventrifossa gomoni
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ventrifossa gomoni Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
Scientific name authorship Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Iwamoto & Williams, 1999

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -17.983334
Supplied as: "-17.983334"
Longitude 118.28333
Supplied as: "118.28333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Northwest Shelf, 220 km north of Port Hedland
Location remarks [I.22808] Australia, Western Australia, Northwest Shelf, 220 km north of Port Hedland (17° 59' S, 118° 17' E) 03/04/1982 - 03/04/1982, J Paxton and M McGrouther, FRV Soela(Collector), Engel trawl
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 17° 59' " S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 118° 17' " E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Rowley Shoals
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northwest Transition
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Marine NRM
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Transition
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 109.0 frequency
    Species Richness 87.0 frequency