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Occurrence record: ANFC:H 6141-05

Preserved specimen of Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby, 1898) | Flatface Lanternfish recorded on 1985-11-29
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Dataset

Data partner CSIRO National Fish Collection
Data resource Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC)
Institution code Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Supplied collection code "ANFC"
Catalog number H 6141-05
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:Ichthyology:H 6141-05
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by A Flynn  
License CC-BY
Field Number SO0685 49
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type individual
Date identified 2012-06-08
Identification remarks 2s - Identification made with high degree of confidence at all levels - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen

Event

Field Number SO0685 49
Identification remarks 2s - Identification made with high degree of confidence at all levels - identification resulting from the examination of the specimen
Occurrence date 1985-11-29
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Diaphus perspicillatus
Supplied scientific name "Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby, 1898)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Flatface Lanternfish
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Diaphus
Species Diaphus perspicillatus
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158890
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Ogilby, 1898)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Supplied as: "Qld"
Locality NE of Townsville
Latitude -17.765
Supplied as: "-17.765"
Longitude 146.93167
Supplied as: "146.93167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 348
Maximum depth in metres 350
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text LINESTRING (146.931666666667 -17.765, 146.886666666667 -17.71)

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    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
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    Area management
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    Biodiversity
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    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone