Date Collected:

1865-05

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Southwest: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Craniata Batomorphi Gnathostomata Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Myliobatoidei Myliobatidae
Common Name(s): Blue-nosed ray; Eagle ray; Longtail stingray; Raie aigle; Sharpnosed ray; Stingree; bullnose ray
Determiner: JĂșlia Cerda ChaumelORCID iD icon on 2023-02-23
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Myliobatis Cuvier, 1816
Animalia Chordata Craniata Batomorphi Gnathostomata Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Myliobatoidei Myliobatidae
Common Name(s): bullnose rays; eagle rays
Determiner: Ledger
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Ledger]

Bigelow and Schroeder 1954, page 439, Figured of Myliobatis freminvillei Lesueur, 1824 Male, 761 mm. Figured dorsal view, mouth, ventral view of head, and nasal curtain

  • field number: THAYER105
  • group number: 43
  • previous number: MCZ 396-S

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
total length 790+-1170mmTL [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Southwest
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Specific Locality:
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • RIO DE JANEIRO [Rio de Janeiro and environs]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: ]
  • Georeference:
  • -22.902946°, -43.173865° (Error radius: 46455m) By: Penny Benson on 2017-05-30 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1865-05-01 / 1865-05-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/5/1865-0/5/1865
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • THAYER105
  • Collectors:
  • Thayer Expedition to Brazil; Louis Agassizlinked data icon; and party

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Media type: text; Ichthyology S-394;  S-378;  S-380;  S-382;  S-384;  S-386;  S-389;  S-391;  S-393;  S-395;  S-398;  S-400;  S-376;  S-377;  S-379;  S-381;  S-383;  S-385;  S-387;  S-388;  S-390;  S-392;  S-396;  S-397;  S-399 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Sharks sh-000001, pg.16;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:S-394 Sphyrna tiburo Voucher to MCZ:Ic...

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