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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.47502-003

Preserved specimen of Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878) | Murray River Rainbowfish recorded on 2014-12-04
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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.47502-003
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2213595","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.47502-003"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.47502-003
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Unmack, Dr Peter - University of Canberra - Institute for Applied Ecology  
Identified date 2016-2
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Seine]
Date identified 2016-02
Supplied as 2016-2
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "3";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1240721
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "3";
Occurrence date 2014-12-04
Sampling protocol Seine  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanotaenia fluviatilis
Supplied scientific name "Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Murray River Rainbowfish
Supplied common name "Murray River Sunfish"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Atheriniformes
Family Melanotaeniidae
Genus Melanotaenia
Species Melanotaenia fluviatilis
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878)
Scientific name authorship (Castelnau, 1878)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Castelnau, 1878)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -30.2726
Supplied as: "-30.2726"
Longitude 148.81938
Supplied as: "148.81938"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Namoi River, north of Pilliga on Baradine-Collarenebri Road
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.47502] Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Namoi River, north of Pilliga on Baradine-Collarenebri Road (30° 16' 21" S, 148° 49' 10" E) 04/12/2014 - 04/12/2014, Seine, Field Collected - Aquatic";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 30° 16' 21.402" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 49' 9.823" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2017/11/13
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2017/11/13
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Namoi
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NSW
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Darling Riverine Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Castlereagh-Barwon
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    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
    Local Government Areas 2011 Walgett (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Walgett
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WALGETT SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North West
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 11
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1804
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WALGETT - LIGHTNING RIDGE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BOURKE - COBAR - COONAMBLE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR WEST AND ORANA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PARKES
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WALGETT
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WALGETT - SURROUNDS (INC. NAMOI RESERVE)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NORTH-WESTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARWON
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    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
    Vegetation types - native Chenopod shrubs,samphire shrublands and forblands
    Vegetation types - present Chenopod shrublands, samphire shrubs and forblands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 531.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 105.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 96.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 182.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 183.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 31.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 31.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.07
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 19.420834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.29
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.49
    Elevation 158.0 m