MCZ Ichthyology 4008

Alestes wytsi Steindachner, 1870

Syntype of Alestes (Alestes) wytsi

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1993-03-01

Africa: Senegal | Dagana River at Bakel

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:4008 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 4008

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:4008 Alestes wytsi Syntype

Media type: image; Ichthyology 4008 Description: photograph; Aspect: labels

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Current Identification
Alestes wytsi Steindachner, 1870
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Characiformes Characoidei Characidae
Determiner: Ledger
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Ledger]

Steindachner 1870, page 533, Syntype of Alestes (Alestes) wytsi Steindachner, 1870 Considered a questionable syntype and treated as a type at MCZ [pages: 533-533]
Ragazzo et al. 2024, page 19, Voucher of Alestes wytsi Steindachner, 1870 doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086 linked data icon

  • field number: FS:DAGANA
  • group number: 204

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 2022-10-19
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-05   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 4 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 2022-10-19

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  • In: Sb k Akad Wiss Wien 61:542-543, pl 2 fig 1. Image available.;Donor: Steindachner_F;Donor Date: 11/04/1871

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Senegal
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000189 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Dagana River at Bakel
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Dagana R. at Bakel
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Georeference:
  • 14.8999170°, -12.453262° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Megan Roberson on 2013-03-27 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1993-03-01
  • 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:
  • FS:DAGANA
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 4001; 4002; 4003; 4004; 4005; 4006; 4007; 4008; 4009; 4010; 4011; 4012; 4013; 4014; 4015; 4016; 4017; 4018; 4019; 4020; 4021; 4022; 4023; 4024; 4025 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 000001-006000, pg.161;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:4001 Misgurnus fossilis to MCZ:Ich:4025...

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