MCZ Ichthyology 6407

Girardinus metallicus Poey, 1854

Syntype of Girardinus metallicus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1993-03-01

Central America: Cuba: West Indies: Greater Antilles: Cuba | Havana, Botanical Gardens

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:6407 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Girardinus metallicus Poey, 1854
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontoidei Poeciliidae
Common Name(s): guajacón metálico; metallic topminnow
Determiner: Cards
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Cards]

Howell-Rivero 1938, page 178, Syntype of Girardinus metallicus Poey, 1854 Cotypes: M. C. Z. 6407, 1 male and 10 females. Type locality: Brook in the Botanical Garden, Habana.
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:HAVANA-BG
  • group number: 347
  • previous number: Poey 506

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 2022-12-12
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-12-12   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 2022-12-12

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  • In: Mem Hist Nat Isla Cuba 1:387, pl 31 fig 8-11. Original lot apparently w/ 11 exs. Digital xrays available for all specimens.

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Island Group:
  • West Indies: Greater Antilles
  • Island:
  • Cuba
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005380 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Havana, Botanical Gardens
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Havana, Botanical Gardens
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Georeference:
  • 22.9919580°, -82.334512° (Error radius: 2135m) By: Michelle Vanderwel on 2013-01-31 (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:
  • POEY:HAVANA-BG
  • Collector:
  • Felipe Poey

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 6401; 6402; 6403; 6404; 6405; 6406; 6407; 6408; 6409; 6410; 6411; 6412; 6413; 6414; 6415; 6416; 6417; 6418; 6419; 6420; 6421; 6422; 6423; 6424; 6425 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 006001-012000, pg.17;

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