Syntype of Lamprologus cunningtoni nyassae

Date Collected:

1930-05-22/1930-05-29

Africa: Malawi/Mozambique/Tanzania | Lake Malawi

Media type: image; Ichthyology 32586

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:32586 Lamprologus cunningtoni nyassae Syntype

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Craniata Teleostei Gnathostomata Osteichthys Actinopterygii Acanthopterygii Perciformes Labroidei Cichlidae
Determiner: Nikolai A. Borodin
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Borodin_N/1931]
Previous Identification
Lamprologus elongatus Boulenger, 1898
Animalia Chordata Craniata Teleostei Gnathostomata Osteichthys Actinopterygii Acanthopterygii Perciformes Labroidei Cichlidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Muse Remarks

  • field number: AL1930:NYA
  • group number: 601

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 2022-11-21
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 7 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 2022-11-21

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  • In: Zool Jahrb Jena (Syst) 68:22. [= L. elongatus, fide Trewavas, 1937; D. Eccles notes that this a species not known from L. Nyassa (1969). Some fish damaged by string. Image available, largest spec (55mm SL) and spec with tag (50mm SL).

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Malawi/Mozambique/Tanzania
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
  • Specific Locality:
  • Lake Malawi
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Georeference:
  • -11.941726°, 34.4755860° (Error radius: 287101m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2019-07-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1930-05-22 / 1930-05-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 22/5/1930-29/5/1930
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • AL1930:NYA
  • Collector:
  • Arthur Loveridgelinked data icon

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Media type: text; Ichthyology 32576;  32577;  32578;  32579;  32580;  32581;  32582;  32583;  32584;  32585;  32586;  32587;  32588;  32589;  32590;  32591;  32592;  32593;  32594;  32595;  32596;  32597;  32598;  32599;  32600 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 031601-037540, pg.40;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:32576 Mormyrus proboscirostris to MCZ:I...

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