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Occurrence record: ANFC:H 935-1

Preserved specimen of Scolecenchelys australis (Macleay, 1881) | Shortfin Worm Eel recorded on 1987-03-26
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number H 935-1
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:H 935-1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Y Hibino  
Identified date 2017-01
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 2017-01
Identification remarks 1s - Highly reliable identification - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen

Event

Identification remarks 1s - Highly reliable identification - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen
Occurrence date 1987-03-26
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Scolecenchelys australis
Supplied scientific name "Scolecenchelys australis (MacLeay, 1881)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Shortfin Worm Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Anguilliformes
Family Ophichthidae
Genus Scolecenchelys
Species Scolecenchelys australis
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282707
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Macleay, 1881)
Supplied as (MacLeay, 1881)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Supplied as: "Tas"
Locality near Ninth Island, Bass Strait
Latitude -40.825
Supplied as: "-40.825"
Longitude 147.28333
Supplied as: "147.28333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Maximum depth in metres 43
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (147.28333 -40.82500)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Boags
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)