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Occurrence record: Ichthyology:QVM:1972:5:0178

Preserved specimen of Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 | Southern Shortfin Eel recorded on 1965-11-20
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Ichthyology
Supplied collection code "Ichthyology"
Catalog number QVM:1972:5:0178
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1965-11-20
Supplied as year:1965.0  month:11  day:20.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Anguilla australis
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Shortfin Eel
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Supplied as "Not Used"
Order Anguilliformes
Family Anguillidae
Genus Anguilla
Species Anguilla australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Richardson, 1841
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Musselroe Bay
Latitude -40.83332
Supplied as: "-40.83332"
Longitude 148.16666
Supplied as: "148.16666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Freycinet
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 652.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 188.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 140.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 188.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.93
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.5 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.66
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.96