MCZ Ichthyology 89530

Myxine acutifrons Garman, 1899:347

Syntype of Myxine acutifrons

Date Collected:

1872-03-16

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Chile | off Straits of Magellan, Sandy Point

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Current Identification
Myxine acutifrons Garman, 1899:347
Animalia Chordata Craniata Myxini Myxiniformes Myxinidae
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Hartel_KE, Dingerkus_Guido/1986]
Previous Identification
Myxine australis Jenyns, 1842
Animalia Chordata Craniata Myxini Myxiniformes Myxinidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Muse Remarks

Media type: text; Garman 1899 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXIV [TEXT];

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  • field number: HASS:SANDY
  • group number: 7
  • previous number: MCZ 8837 (part)

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: Muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-09   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked unknown 5 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 2022-11-14
unspecified measurement 245-406 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • In: Mem Mus Comp Zool 24: 347, pl 68 fig 6. This lot separated from syntypical series of M. acutifrons [= M. australis] and reidentified as M. olivacea by Hubbs & McMillan (1972) and as M. australis by R.L. Wisner 1991.

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Chile
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Straits of Magellan, Sandy Point
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Straits of Magellan, Sandy Point
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • -53.161165°, -70.877879° (Error radius: 5292m) By: beniorkino on 2013-08-28 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1872-03-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 16/3/1872-16/3/1872
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • HASS:SANDY
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

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