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Occurrence record: Fish:S.11597-001

Preserved specimen of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866) | Platy recorded on 1975-05-08
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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.11597-001
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Fish:S.11597_001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by M. Hammer  
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 2018

Event

Occurrence date 1975-05-08
Supplied as year:1975  month:5  day:8 
End day of year 128
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 128

Taxonomy

Scientific name Xiphophorus maculatus
Identified to rank species
Common name Platy
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Cyprinodontiformes
Supplied as "Atheriniformes"
Family Poeciliidae
Genus Xiphophorus
Species Xiphophorus maculatus
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 Pine Gap Dam, Alice Springs
Latitude -23.817
Supplied as: "-23.817"
Longitude 133.733
Supplied as: "133.733"
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
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) MacDonnell Ranges
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) McDonnell
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions MacDonnell Ranges
    IBRA 7 Regions MacDonnell Ranges
    IBRA 7 Subregions McDonnell
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DIAMANTINA-GEORGINA RIVERS
    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 MacDonnell (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Sandover
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MACDONNELL REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 733
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1437
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SANDOVER - PLENTY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ALICE SPRINGS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) AMOONGUNA - SANTA TERESA - TITJIKALA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SOUTH MACDONNELL RANGES
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) APATULA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NAMATJIRA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 MacDonnell
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Acacia Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mulga (Acacia aneura) woodlands and shrublands +/- tussock grass +/- forbs
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Acacia shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2674.0 frequency
    Species Richness 516.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 295.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 123.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 129.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 22.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 34.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 16.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.1
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 310.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 37.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 33.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 47.98459 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 123.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 44.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 126.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.316666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 32.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 13.183333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 15.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 15.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.058826 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 624.39185
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 36.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 28.416666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.666666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.13
    Elevation 617.0 m