Dataset

Fishes from the Auckland and Campbell Islands, Cape Expedition, 1942-1944

SWP OBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

This report is based on the collections of specimens and data in the Auckland and Campbell Islands in the years 1942-44. Early in 1941, coast-watching stations were established at Port Ross, Carnley Harbour, and Perseverance Harbour, and the personnel of from three to five men at each were relieved once a year. Standing instructions issued by the Navy Office included a recommendation that the men should, in addition to service routine, record general observations on natural phenomena. This report is regarded as of the Cape Expedition which was the war-time code name for parties in the field between 1941 and 1945. A small collection of fishes was brought back by the Cape Expedition, 1942-44. The 34 specimens examined belonged to six species all previously recorded from this region, with the expection of Limnicthys rendalli n.sp., which was considered a new species.

Citation: Parrott A (2020): Fishes from the Auckland and Campbell Islands, Cape Expedition, 1942-1944. v1.1. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=obisschemafishesauckcampisl&v=1.1

Published: May 13, 2020 at 21:14

URL: https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=obisschemafishesauckcampisl

Arthur Parrott
Canterbury Museum

Robert Falla

E.W. Mitchell

19
occurrence records
6
taxa
6
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 16
84.2%
minimumDepthInMeters 16
84.2%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 16
84.2%
ON_LAND 1
5.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data