Occurrence record: Observations:35718646

Human observation of Achoerodus gouldii (Richardson, 1843) | Western Blue Groper recorded on 2018-01-08
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Dataset

Data resource iNaturalist Australia
Institution code Supplied institution code "iNaturalist"
Collection Supplied collection code "Observations"
Catalog number 35718646
Occurrence ID https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35718646
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Identified by David Spencer Muirhead  
Identified date 2020-01-10T21:18:39Z
Collector Jay  
Supplied as "Jay"
User naturenerd627
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights holder Jay
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Identification verification status research
Date identified 2020-01-10T21:18:39Z
Identification remarks Young female (older juvenile/initial phase).They are usually drab olive green. Only the adult males commonly look blue. The common name is also misleading as they are true wrasses and in Spencer Gulf are (or were-adult numbers have suffered major decline despite now being fully protected in both Gulfs in S.A.) the top order territorial bony fish species of rocky reefs, with mature males reaching around 2 m TL and weights of at least 40 kgs.
Identification ID 83196145

Event

Dataset / Survey name iNaturalist research-grade observations  
Identification remarks Young female (older juvenile/initial phase).They are usually drab olive green. Only the adult males commonly look blue. The common name is also misleading as they are true wrasses and in Spencer Gulf are (or were-adult numbers have suffered major decline despite now being fully protected in both Gulfs in S.A.) the top order territorial bony fish species of rocky reefs, with mature males reaching around 2 m TL and weights of at least 40 kgs.
Occurrence date 2018-01-08
Supplied date "2018-01-08T14:34:26+09:00"
Verbatim event date 2018-01-08 2:34:26 PM GMT+09:00
Date precision DAY
Event time 14:34:26+09:00

Taxonomy

Scientific name Achoerodus gouldii
Identified to rank species
Common name Western Blue Groper
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Labridae
Genus Achoerodus
Species Achoerodus gouldii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Richardson, 1843)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -34.968623
Supplied as: "-34.9686232294"
Longitude 136.060047
Supplied as: "136.0600472242"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Spencer Gulf, South Australia, Australia
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 698.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

captive wild

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eyre
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lower Eyre Peninsula
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Topography
    Elevation 0.0 m