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Australian National Fish Collection

Australian Ocean Data Network
CSIRO O&A, Information & Data Centre (Point of contact) Data Officer (DW), Hobart (Processor of) Graham, Alastair (Point of contact)
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The Australian National Fish Collection (formerly the I.S.R. Munro Ichthyological Collection) contains more than 161,000 fish specimens representing more than 3,500 species. It was established by Dr I.S.R. Munro in the 1940's, when the CSIRO Division of Fisheries was based in Cronulla (Sydney, NSW). It is now housed at the CSIRO Marine Laboratories in Hobart (Tasmania). Most specimens were collected during CSIRO surveys and on research vessels, notably Fairwind (Papua New Guinea region, 1948-1950), Stanley Fowler (tropical Australia, 1948-1950), Rama (Gulf of Carpentaria, 1963-1965), FRV Courageous (1975-1979), FRV Soela (1979-1989), FRV Southern Surveyor (1990 to 2013) and RV Investigator (2015 to present). Some specimens were acquired from fisheries observers, fishers and via donations. The collection’s strengths are deep-water fishes and sharks and rays. The largest part of the collection is from Australian waters. There are also collections from Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Antarctic waters and south-east Asia (particularly Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan). In addition to adult fishes, the collection contains fish larvae and an extensive collection of photographs and x-rays. Further details of the Australian National Fish Collection is at https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/Collections/ANFC This dataset is the set of georeferenced specimens. Each has a specimen confidence level described in the taxon remarks. Most have lengths recorded (standard, total or disc width). This set also contains 109 freshwater species for other aggregators and about 350 names not yet resolved with WoRMS. The identification confidence level and identification method used for each specimen is recorded in identificationRemarks.

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: continual
Statement: Data is sourced from voyages of research vessels as well as gifts and opportunistic collections. Resident taxonomic specialists are responsible for the taxonomic IDs.

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Credit
Alastair Graham
Credit
Peter Last
Credit
I.S.R. Munro

Data time period: 1940-01-01

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Coastal Waters (Global) | Indonesia Coast | Coastal Waters (Global) | New Zealand Coast | Coastal Waters (Global) | Papua New Guinea Coast | Earth Science | Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries | Earth Science | Biological Classification | Animals/Vertebrates | Earth Science | Biological Classification | Animals/Vertebrates | Fish | Earth Science | Biosphere | Aquatic Ecosystems | Demersal Habitat | Earth Science | Biosphere | Aquatic Ecosystems | Marine Habitat | Earth Science | Biosphere | Aquatic Ecosystems | Pelagic Habitat | Earth Science | Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Species/Population Interactions | Indigenous/Native Species | Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean | Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean | Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean | I.S.R. Munro Ichthyological Collection | Marine Features (Australia) | Australian EEZ | Ship: Courageous | Ship: Fairwind | Ship: Investigator (RV) | Ship: Rama | Ship: Southern Surveyor | Ship: Stanley Fowler | States, Territories (Australia) | Australian Antarctic Territory | oceans |

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Other Information
Australian National Fish Collection page at the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) (Documentation Link)

uri : https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/co21

(ANFC records at the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS))

uri : https://obis.org/dataset/5db2ffe4-8764-4647-9271-467192832793

Information page for the Australian National Fish Collection (Documentation Link)

uri : https://www.csiro.au/en/about/facilities-collections/collections/anfc

Identifiers
  • Local : Anzlic Identifier: ANZCW0306005692
  • Local : Marlin Record Number: 5692
  • global : 3e9ca41d-0f45-4115-b0bf-4f17afc682cd
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