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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:A19037

Preserved specimen of Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) | Oxeye Herring
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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 A19037
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ichthyology:PreservedSpecimen:A19037
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|unknown|ethanol 70%
Identified by Rosalind J. Poole - Museum Victoria  
Identified date 1997
Collector Goldie, Andrew  
Supplied as "Andrew Goldie"
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
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified 1997

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1881, Month: 5, Day:
Supplied as year:1881  month:5 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Craniata | Gnathostomata | Actinopterygii | Elopiformes | Megalopidae
Scientific name Megalops cyprinoides
Supplied scientific name "Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Oxeye Herring
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Elopiformes
Family Megalopidae
Genus Megalops
Species Megalops cyprinoides
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Broussonet, 1782)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Papua New Guinea
Country Papua New Guinea
Locality Gulf of Papua, between Port Moresby and Kapa Kapa (Gabagaba) {originally as Cuppa Cuppa}
Verbatim locality Gulf of Papua, between Port Moresby and Kapa Kapa (Gabagaba) {originally as Cuppa Cuppa}
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code PG

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