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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:IA.5243

Preserved specimen of Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 | Threadfin Butterflyfish recorded on 1932
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number IA.5243
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8167959","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:IA.5243"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:IA.5243
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by j.s.u. - Australian Museum - Ichthyology  
Collector 1.  Whitley, Gilbert Percy   2.  Australian Museum  
Supplied as "Whitley, Mr Gilbert Percy - Australian Museum"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "Name changed without re-identification";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8034059
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "Name changed without re-identification";
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1932, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1932"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Chaetodon auriga
Supplied scientific name "Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775"
Identified to rank species
Common name Threadfin Butterflyfish
Supplied common name "Threadfin Coralfish"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Chaetodontidae
Genus Chaetodon
Species Chaetodon auriga
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775
Scientific name authorship Forsskål, 1775
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Forsskål, 1775

Geospatial

Country Cook Islands
Latitude -21.25
Supplied as: "-21.25"
Longitude -159.75
Supplied as: "-159.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality RAROTONGA :
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[IA.5243] Cook Islands, RAROTONGA : (21° 15' S, 159° 45' W) 1932 - 1932, Whitley, Mr Gilbert Percy - Australian Museum(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 21° 15' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code CK
Verbatim longitude 159° 45' W

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Cook Islands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.395834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %