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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A1646

Preserved specimen of Platycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987 | Tiger Flatheads recorded on 1981-02-06
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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 A1646
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A1646
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria  
Identified date 1992
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 BSS 138 T
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [trawl, 20 m otter]
Dataset / Survey name [Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)]
Date identified 1992

Event

Dataset / Survey name Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)  
Event ID BSS 138 T
Field Number BSS 138 T
Occurrence date 1981-02-06
Supplied date "1981-02-06T13:35:00\1981-02-06T13:57:00"
Sampling protocol trawl, 20 m otter  
Date precision DAY
Event time 13:35:00\13:57:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Scorpaeniformes | Platycephalidae
Scientific name Platycephalus aurimaculatus
Supplied scientific name "Platycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987"
Identified to rank species
Common name Tiger Flatheads
Supplied common name "Toothy Flathead"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Scorpaeniformes
Family Platycephalidae
Genus Platycephalus
Species Platycephalus aurimaculatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Knapp, 1987
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Central Bass Strait, 32 km WSW of Settlement Point, Flinders Island
Latitude -40.1658
Supplied as: "-40.1658"
Longitude 147.53
Supplied as: "147.53"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Central Bass Strait, 32 km WSW of Settlement Point, Flinders Island
Minimum depth in metres 51
Maximum depth in metres 52
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Location ID BSS 138 T

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