MCZ Ichthyology 12483

Anarrhichas vomerinus Agassiz in Storer 1855

Holotype of Anarrhichas vomerinus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2000-03-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: Gulf of Maine: United States: Massachusetts | Nahant, Massachusetts Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:12483 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 12483

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:12483 Anarrhichas vomerinus Holotype

Current Identification
Anarrhichas vomerinus Agassiz in Storer 1855
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Perciformes Cottoidei Anarhichadidae
Determiner: Cards
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Cards]

Agassiz 1885, page 257, Holotype of Anarrhichas vomerinus Agassiz in Storer 1855 Considered Holotype; Number not directly cited in publication [pages: 257-296]

  • field number: LA:NAHANT
  • group number: 671

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-03-20
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-03-13   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-03-20
total length 650 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • Nahant not mentioned in origional description see locality in Jordan & Evermann p. 2447. Image available. Length aprx., measured IX-2009.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Maine
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Nahant, Massachusetts Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Nahant [Massachusetts Bay]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 42.4112905°, -70.888595° (Error radius: 5037m) By: Andrew D. Williston on 2007-01-03 (Source: N/A)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2000-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • LA:NAHANT
  • Collector:
  • Louis Agassizlinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 12476; 12477; 12478; 12479; 12480; 12481; 12482; 12483; 12484; 12485; 12486; 12487; 12488; 12489; 12490; 12491; 12492; 12493; 12494; 12495; 12496; 12497; 12498; 12499; 12500 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 012001-018000, pg.20;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:12476 Ammodytes to MCZ:Ich:12500 Zoarce...

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