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Occurrence record: Fishes:I39247

Preserved specimen of Melanotaenia sahulensis Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019 | Sahul Rainbowfish recorded on 1993-06-10
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Fishes
Supplied collection code "Fishes"
Catalog number I39247
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Fishes:I39247
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by M Hammer  
Specimen type PARATYPE  
Supplied as "Paratype"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Electrofisher]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2024-04-15
Supplied as 15 Apr 2024

Event

Occurrence date 1993-06-10
Sampling protocol Electrofisher  
Verbatim event date 10 Jun 1993
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanotaenia sahulensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Sahul Rainbowfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Atheriniformes
Family Melanotaeniidae
Genus Melanotaenia
Species Melanotaenia sahulensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Hammer, Allen, Martin, Adams & Unmack, 2019
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Scrubby Creek, Silver Plains
Habitat
Supplied as "Fresh Water"
Latitude -13.744317
Supplied as: "-13.744317"
Longitude 143.4751
Supplied as: "143.4751"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 13° 44' 39.54" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 28' 30.36" East

Additional properties

object id 315529

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 2515d901-44ee-47a4-b750-06360127e6e6
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melanotaenia sahulensis
    Coordinates -10.838833,142.469833
    Related records
    Record UUID af4b7fff-f507-4233-9b0a-93ebb467a6bc
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melanotaenia sahulensis
    Coordinates -10.866667,142.466667
    Record UUID e107010f-b9fc-47cf-be3d-9c2e69a1eee1
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melanotaenia sahulensis
    Coordinates -10.207969,142.272708
    Record UUID 3db55dc2-71dd-48f0-b6ce-a09c32eabddb
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melanotaenia sahulensis
    Coordinates -10.9,142.333333
    Record UUID f7bf5bd7-9665-4ab6-b757-b7e5d47bddee
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melanotaenia sahulensis
    Coordinates -11.958333,142.936667
    Record UUID d36686ac-079c-4ea2-9d08-de320dedc1f9
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -8.85,141.21667
    Record UUID a1ac519a-803a-4dd9-9b74-b6e76002904c
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melanotaenia sahulensis
    Coordinates -11.979,142.890833
    Record UUID 70b3e0ca-706f-4c62-bab8-78529a93cf8d
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -8.83333,141.23333
    Record UUID b8afeda2-21e8-4f64-9cea-6f8af0cbf31c
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melanotaenia sahulensis
    Coordinates -11.981167,142.843667
    Record UUID 90c57615-ec4d-4c26-a6e1-dbcc3519a481
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -9.254167,142.734722
    Record UUID a28375a7-2612-4ec2-b1a6-7f3159a73efd
    Data Resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Coordinates -10.88333,142.4

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Silver Plains
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Silver Plains
    Directory of Important Wetlands Silver Plains - Nesbitt River Aggregation
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Laura Lowlands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 LOCKHART RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 59
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 590
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE YORK WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1245.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 117.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 543.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 872.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.61 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.65
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.591667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 61.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.48
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 25.0 m