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Occurrence record: Fish:S.14663-006

Preserved specimen of Arrhamphus sclerolepis Günther, 1866 | Snubnose Garfish recorded on 1998-06-04
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Dataset

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.14663-006
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Fish:S.14663_006
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by R.S. Williams  
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 1998

Event

Occurrence date 1998-06-04
Supplied as year:1998  month:6  day:4 
End day of year 155
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 155

Taxonomy

Scientific name Arrhamphus sclerolepis
Identified to rank species
Common name Snubnose Garfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Beloniformes
Supplied as "Atheriniformes"
Family Hemiramphidae
Genus Arrhamphus
Species Arrhamphus sclerolepis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Günther, 1866
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality North Side, Field Island
Latitude -12.076
Supplied as: "-12.076"
Longitude 132.372
Supplied as: "132.372"
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
    Directory of Important Wetlands Kakadu National Park
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Van Diemens Gulf
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northern Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Van Diemens Gulf
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SOUTH ALLIGATOR RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Kakadu - Marrakai - Jabiru
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Kakadu - Marrakai - Surrounds
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Jabiru - Tiwi
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Northern Territory
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lingiari
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated South Alligator
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 206
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 485
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALLIGATOR
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KAKADU - MARRAKAI - JABIRU
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KAKADU - MARRAKAI - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Arafura
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Alligator
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Arnhem
    Postal Areas 2021 0822
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Alligator
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Litchfield Kakadu Arnhem
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 607.0 frequency
    Species Richness 345.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1418.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 356.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 81.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 947.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.58
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1523.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 3.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 3.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 111.49691 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 372.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 360.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1015.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.275 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.400002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 19.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 24.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 55.55555 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 177.8214
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 33.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 28.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.2 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 61.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0