MCZ Ichthyology 12511

Myxodes macropus Poey, 1868:399

Holotype of Myxodes macropus  
  Syntype of Myxodes macropus

Date Collected:

1861

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Cuba | off Cuba

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:12511 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 12511

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:12511 Myxodes macropus Holotype

Current Identification
Myxodes macropus Poey, 1868:399
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Blenniiformes Clinidae
Determiner: Luis Howell-Rivero
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Howell-Rivero_L/1938]

Poey y Aloy 1868, page 279, Syntype of Myxodes macropus Poey, 1868:399
Howell-Rivero 1938, page 217, Holotype of Myxodes macropus Poey, 1868:399 Types: M.C.Z. 12511, 2 specimens, the larger of which is the holotype. No. Poey 285.
Media type: text; Howell-Rivero 1938 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXXII no. 3;

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Shows Publication: Howell-Rivero 1938 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXXII no. 3

  • field number: POEY
  • group number: 680
  • previous number: P.170

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: Muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-01-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-01-23   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 2 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 2023-01-30
total length 28-34 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • [= Malacoctenus macropus fide Eschmeyer ] Howell-Rivero notes the larger of the two specimens is the holotype. Image available (34mm TL specimen).

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Cuba
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 21.5919640°, -79.434082° (Error radius: 561251m) By: Karsten E. Hartel on 2014-03-20 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1861-01-01 / 1861-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1861-1861
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • See: Howell-Rivero. 1938. Bull. MCZ 83(3)
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • POEY
  • Collector:
  • Felipe Poey

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 12501; 12502; 12503; 12504; 12505; 12506; 12507; 12508; 12509; 12510; 12511; 12512; 12513; 12514; 12515; 12516; 12517; 12518; 12519; 12520; 12521; 12522; 12523; 12524; 12525 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 012001-018000, pg.21;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:12501 Zoarces americanus to MCZ:Ich:125...

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