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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.26828-006

Preserved specimen of Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983 | Hicks' Toadfish recorded on 1978-06-03
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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 I.26828-006
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8086588","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.26828-006"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.26828-006
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Graham, Mr Ken - Australian Museum - Ichthyology  
Identified date 2019-7
Collector Kapala, F.R.V.  
Supplied as "FRV Kapala"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Demersal trawl]
Date identified 2019-07
Supplied as 2019-7
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "3"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "Upper margin of pect. fin base almost level with lower eye margin; but interorbital > 15 x in SL; from deep station (115 m).";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8036231
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "3"; ecatalogue.IdeComments: "Upper margin of pect. fin base almost level with lower eye margin; but interorbital > 15 x in SL; from deep station (115 m).";
Occurrence date 1978-06-03
Sampling protocol Demersal trawl  
Date precision DAY
Event time 12:0

Taxonomy

Scientific name Torquigener hicksi
Supplied scientific name "Torquigener hicksi Hardy, 1983"
Identified to rank species
Common name Hicks' Toadfish
Supplied common name "Anderson's Toadfish"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Tetraodontidae
Genus Torquigener
Species Torquigener hicksi
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Torquigener cf. hicksi Hardy, 1983
Scientific name authorship Hardy, 1983
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Hardy, 1983
Verbatim taxon rank species

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -28.10833
Supplied as: "-28.10833"
Longitude 153.8
Supplied as: "153.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality ENE of Tweed Heads
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.26828] Australia, Queensland, ENE of Tweed Heads (28° 02' S, 153° 48' E) 03/06/1978 - 03/06/1978, K.J. Graham, FRV Kapala(Collector), Demersal trawl";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 28° 6' 30" S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 48' 0" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2019/7/22
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2019/7/22
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Moreton Bay
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Tweed-Moreton
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone