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Occurrence record: Fish:S.14366-003

Preserved specimen of Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983 | Hicks' Toadfish recorded on 1996-06-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Fish"
Catalog number S.14366-003
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Fish:S.14366_003
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by R.S. Williams  
Identified date 2005
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2005

Event

Occurrence date 1996-06-13
Supplied as year:1996  month:6  day:13 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Torquigener hicksi
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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "WA"
Locality SE of Vulcan Shoal, Timor Sea
Latitude -12.839
Supplied as: "-12.839"
Longitude 124.374
Supplied as: "124.374"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Kimberley Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Timor Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone