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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:QVM:2014:5:0004

Preserved specimen of Aracana aurita (Shaw, 1798) | Shaw's Cowfish recorded on 2013-03-27
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Ichthyology
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number QVM:2014:5:0004
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skeletal
Identified by Hunt, Darcie  
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 2013-03-27
Supplied as year:2013  month:03  day:27.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Aracana aurita
Identified to rank species
Common name Shaw's Cowfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Aracanidae
Genus Aracana
Species Aracana aurita
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1798)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Flinders Island
Latitude -40.306667
Supplied as: "-40.306667"
Longitude 148.563333
Supplied as: "148.563333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Depth 33
Verbatim coordinates 40°18'24"S 148°33'48"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Flinders