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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A4517

Preserved specimen of Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983 | Hicks' Toadfish recorded on 1986-01-13
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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 A4517
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A4517
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Keiichi Matsuura - National Museum of Nature and Science  
Collector 1.  Museums Victoria   2.  Larson, K. Helen   3.  Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)  
Supplied as "Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria | Helen K. Larson - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number S01/86 27
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, Engels 61m deepwater lobster]
Dataset / Survey name [S01/86]
Date identified 2005-03-11
Supplied as 11/03/2005

Event

Dataset / Survey name S01/86  
Event ID S01/86 27
Field Number S01/86 27
Occurrence date 1986-01-13
Supplied date "1986-01-13T05:00:00\1986-01-13T06:00:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, Engels 61m deepwater lobster  
Date precision DAY
Event time 05:00:00\06:00:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Tetraodontiformes | Tetraodontidae
Scientific name Torquigener hicksi
Supplied scientific name "Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983"
Identified to rank species
Common name Hicks' Toadfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Tetraodontidae
Genus Torquigener
Species Torquigener hicksi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Hardy, 1983
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Queensland
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality 95 km E of Dunk Island
Latitude -18.0
Supplied as: "-18"
Longitude 147.07
Supplied as: "147.07"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality 95 km E of Dunk Island
Minimum depth in metres 264
Maximum depth in metres 260
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol original
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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