MCZ Ichthyology S-748

Raja ackleyi Garman, 1881

Holotype of Raja ackleyi

Date Collected:

1877-01-01/1878-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: Mexico: Yucatan | off Yucatán

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:S-748 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology S-748

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:S-748 Raja ackleyi Holotype

Current Identification
Raja ackleyi Garman, 1881
Animalia Chordata Craniata Batomorphi Gnathostomata Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Rajiformes Rajidae
Common Name(s): ocellate skate; raya ocelada
Determiner: Karsten E. Hartellinked data icon; Guido Dingerkus
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Hartel_KE, Dingerkus_Guido/1986]

Garman 1881, page 231, Holotype of Raja ackleyi Garman, 1881
Bigelow and Schroeder 1954, page 156, Figured of Raja ackleyi Garman, 1881 Male, 410 mm, figured head, body, mouth, and teeth
Jones et al. 2020, page 292, Voucher of Rostroraja ackleyi (Garman, 1881) doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.2.3 linked data icon
Media type: text; Garman 1881 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VIII no. 11;

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Shows Publication: Garman 1881 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. VIII no. 11

  • field number: BLAKE:YUCATAN
  • group number: 38
  • previous number: MCZ 748-S

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 2022-11-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-11-09   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 2022-11-14
unspecified measurement 411 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • In: Bull Mus Comp Zool 8(11):234-235. Figured in Mem Mus Comp Zool 36:pl 19 figs 1-2, and in FWNA 1: fig 29. Male.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Yucatan
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Yucatán
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Yucatán
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 21.6014460°, -88.648437° (Error radius: 292471m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2019-09-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1877-01-01 / 1878-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1877-1878
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • BLAKE:YUCATAN
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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Media type: text; Ichthyology S-740; S-726; S-728; S-730; S-733; S-735; S-737; S-739; S-742; S-744; S-746; S-748; S-727; S-729; S-731; S-732; S-734; S-736; S-738; S-741; S-743; S-747; S-749; S-750; S-745 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Sharks sh-000001, pg.30;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:S-740 Sphyrna blochii to MCZ:Ich:S-745 ...

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