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Occurrence record: Fish:S.16510-002

Preserved specimen of Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 | Onegill Eel recorded on 2007-06-01
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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.16510-002
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Fish:S.16510_002
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by H.K. Larson  
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2007

Event

Occurrence date 2007-06-01
Supplied as year:2007  month:6  day:1 
End day of year 152
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 152

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophisternon bengalense
Supplied scientific name "Ophisternon bengalense?"
Identified to rank species
Common name Onegill Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Synbranchiformes
Family Synbranchidae
Genus Ophisternon
Species Ophisternon bengalense
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship McClelland, 1844
Name parse type DOUBTFUL

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "QLD"
Locality Calvert River
Latitude -16.687
Supplied as: "-16.687"
Longitude 137.401
Supplied as: "137.401"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Pungalina - Seven Emu
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Pungalina - Seven Emu
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Pungalina - Seven Emu
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Gulf Coastal
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Limmen
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Limmen
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 CALVERT RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Gulf
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Mabunji - Mungoorbada Outstations
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Katherine
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roper Gulf (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Gulf
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ROPER GULF REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 777
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1091
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GULF
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GULF
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MABUNJI - MUNGOORBADA OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKLY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Barkly
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Gulf
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 Roper Gulf
    Postal Areas 2021 0862
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Gulf
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Katherine
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Katherine Daly
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open woodlands with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 655.0 frequency
    Species Richness 154.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 892.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 121.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 451.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 642.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.19
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 992.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 11.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 11.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 111.25795 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 407.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 252.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 668.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.5625 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 23.800001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 12.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 21.583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.291667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 21.583334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 55.847336 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 347.3806
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 36.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 30.066666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 29.166666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.35
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94
    Elevation 55.0 m