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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A8559

Preserved specimen of Galaxias truttaceus Valenciennes, 1846 | Spotted Galaxias recorded on 1979-01-11
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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 A8559
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A8559
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Tarmo A. Raadik - Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research  
Collector Fisheries and Wildlife Department of Victoria  
Supplied as "Fisheries and Wildlife Department of Victoria"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 20
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
Date identified 1989

Event

Occurrence date 1979-01-11
Supplied date "1979-01-11T00:00:00\1979-01-11T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Galaxiiformes | Galaxiidae
Scientific name Galaxias truttaceus
Supplied scientific name "Galaxias truttaceus Valenciennes, 1846"
Identified to rank species
Common name Spotted Galaxias
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Salmoniformes
Supplied as "Galaxiiformes"
Family Galaxiidae
Genus Galaxias
Species Galaxias truttaceus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Valenciennes, 1846
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Main Creek, Cape Schanck
Latitude -38.5
Supplied as: "-38.5"
Longitude 144.9
Supplied as: "144.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Main Creek, Cape Schanck
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Gazetteer
Georeference protocol gazetteer (Aus)
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Bass Strait Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Central Victoria
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Topography
    Elevation 85.0 m