MCZ Ichthyology 6871

Myctophum nocturnum Poey, 1861

Holotype of Myctophum nocturnum

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:6871 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 6871

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:6871 Myctophum nocturnum Holotype

Current Identification
Myctophum nocturnum Poey, 1861
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Myctophiformes Myctophidae
Determiner: Charles H. Gilbert
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Gilbert_CH/1906] [MISC: p.255]
Previous Identification
Diaphus dumerilii
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Myctophiformes Myctophidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Muse Remarks

Poey y Aloy 1861, Holotype of Myctophum nocturnum Poey, 1861
Howell-Rivero 1938, page 176, Holotype of Myctophum nocturnum Poey, 1861 No. Poey 297
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: 176
  • previous number: P.297

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 2022-10-26
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-24   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 2022-10-26
standard length 69 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • In: Mem Hist Nat Isla Cuba 2:426. Described size: 95 mm. Gilbert, 1906:256 estimates TL could have reached about 90 mm. Redescribed and figured by Gilbert, 1906, in Bull MCZ 46(14):255-257, pl 1. [= Diaphus dumerilii, fide Parr 1934:48]. Specimens eliminated from type series MCZ 6873+. Image available.

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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

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Media type: text; Ichthyology 6851; 6852; 6853; 6854; 6855; 6856; 6857; 6858; 6859; 6860; 6861; 6862; 6863; 6864; 6865; 6866; 6867; 6868; 6869; 6870; 6871; 6872; 6873; 6874; 6875 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 006001-012000, pg.35;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:6851 Pyrrhulina brevis to MCZ:Ich:6875 ...

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