MCZ Ichthyology 21856

Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860:208

Holotype of Acanthurus tractus

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-12-31

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:21856 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 21856

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:21856 Acanthurus tractus Holotype

Current Identification
Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860:208
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Acanthuriformes Acanthuridae
Determiner: Luis Howell-Rivero
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Howell-Rivero_L/1938]

Poey y Aloy 1861, Holotype of Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860:208
Howell-Rivero 1938, page 206, Holotype of Acanthurus tractus Poey, 1860:208 No. Poey 447
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: 725
  • previous number: P.22

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 2023-01-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-01-25   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good 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 2023-01-30
total length 245 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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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 21851; 21852; 21853; 21854; 21855; 21856; 21857; 21858; 21859; 21860; 21861; 21862; 21863; 21864; 21865; 21866; 21867; 21868; 21869; 21870; 21871; 21872; 21873; 21874; 21875 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 018001-024000, pg.155;

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