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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A32353

Preserved specimen of Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838) | Murray Cod recorded on 1994-03-20
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number A32353
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A32353
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|ethanol 70ƒ%
Identified by Dianne J. Bray - Museums Victoria  
Collector Tom Marion
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [Angling]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Country conservation Vulnerable

Event

Occurrence date 1994-03-20
Supplied date "1994-03-20T00:00:00\1994-03-20T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol Angling  
End day of year 79
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 79

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Perciformes | Percichthyidae
Scientific name Maccullochella peelii
Supplied scientific name "Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Murray Cod
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Percichthyidae
Genus Maccullochella
Species Maccullochella peelii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Mitchell, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Darling River, Pooncarrie
Latitude -33.3878
Supplied as: "-33.3878"
Longitude 142.57
Supplied as: "142.57"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Darling River, Pooncarrie
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Earth
Georeference protocol estimated
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2025-10-16T00:00
Supplied as 2025-10-16T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 5151a92f-49fd-42fc-961a-66ea2090e91a
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Maccullochella peelii peelii (Mitchell, 1838)
    Coordinates -33.3878,142.57
    Related records
    Record UUID a8f0aa61-c2bc-43ed-b633-e21e8fcc5cb8
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1838)
    Coordinates -33.3878,142.57

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Pooncarie-Darling
    IBRA 7.1 Regions Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions Pooncarie-Darling
    NRM Regions 2010 Lower Murray Darling
    NRM Regions 2017 Western
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Western
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Western
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Pooncarie-Darling
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Balranald - Wentworth
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Balranald - Wentworth - Surrounds
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Riverina - Orange
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Farrer
    Electorates March 2025 Farrer
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wentworth (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wentworth
    Local Government Areas 2023 Wentworth
    Local Government Areas 2025 Wentworth
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WENTWORTH SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Western
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 41
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 860
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WENTWORTH-BALRANALD REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LOWER MURRAY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MURRAY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FARRER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BALRANALD - WENTWORTH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BALRANALD - WENTWORTH - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) RIVERINA - ORANGE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURRAY-DARLING
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Murray
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone - Tri State FFEZ
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Wentworth-Balranald Region
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Postal Areas 2021 2648
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 10902117904
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Wentworth-Balranald Region
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Lower Murray
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Murray
    Tourism Regions 2021 The Murray
    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 Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1681.0 frequency
    Species Richness 392.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 269.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 72.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 57.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 69.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 76.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 37.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.92
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 25.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 286.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 71.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 19.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 66.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 13.281748 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 73.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 31.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 81.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.416666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 30.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.933333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.616667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 48.96175 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 577.52344
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 34.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 25.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 15.066667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.17
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.33
    Elevation 49.0 m