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

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
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Hartel_KE, Dingerkus_Guido/1986]

Bigelow and Schroeder 1954, page 156, Figured of Raja ackleyi Garman, 1881 Male, 410 mm, figured head, body, mouth, and teeth
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
  • 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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