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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:I.21008-008

Preserved specimen of Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915 | Mcculloch's Rainbowfish recorded on 1972-09-02
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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.21008-008
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:8056165","urn:catalog:AM:Ichthyology:I.21008-008"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Ichthyology:I.21008-008
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "F";
Identified by Larson, Dr Helen - Curator Emeritus - Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory  
Collector Webb, G  
Supplied as "WEBB, G"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [SEINE]
Date identified 1979
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:8004518
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeConfidence: "N";
Occurrence date 1972-09-02
Sampling protocol SEINE  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melanotaenia maccullochi
Supplied scientific name "Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915"
Identified to rank species
Common name Mcculloch's Rainbowfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Atheriniformes
Family Melanotaeniidae
Genus Melanotaenia
Species Melanotaenia maccullochi
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915
Scientific name authorship Ogilby, 1915
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Ogilby, 1915

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -10.416
Supplied as: "-10.416"
Longitude 142.0
Supplied as: "142.0"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality CAPE YORK : 12 MI. NE OF BAMAGA
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[I.21008] Australia, Queensland, CAPE YORK : 12 MI. NE OF BAMAGA (10° 25' S, 142° 00' E) 02/09/1972 - 02/09/1972, WEBB, G(Collector), SEINE";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10° 25' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 0' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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