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Occurrence record: Fish:S.10431-018

Preserved specimen of Opistognathus darwiniensis Macleay, 1878 | Darwin Jawfish recorded on 1982-05-01
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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.10431-018
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Fish:S.10431_018
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 1982

Event

Occurrence date 1982-05-01
Supplied as year:1982  month:5  day:1 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Opistognathus darwiniensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Darwin Jawfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Opistognathidae
Genus Opistognathus
Species Opistognathus darwiniensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Macleay, 1878
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Danger Point, Cobourg Peninsula
Latitude -11.117
Supplied as: "-11.117"
Longitude 132.333
Supplied as: "132.333"
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
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Darwin
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Garig Gunak Barlu
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Garig Gunak Barlu
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Cobourg
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Arnhem
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical Eucalyptus forest and woodlands with a tall annual grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 62.0 %