MCZ Ichthyology 1682

Alburnus megalops Girard, 1857

Syntype of Alburnus megalops  
  Lectotype of Alburnus megalops  
  Syntype of Notropis swaini

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2016-02-23

North America: United States: Texas | San Felipe

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:1682 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Alburnus megalops Girard, 1857
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cypriniformes Cyprinoidei Cyprinidae
Determiner: Kevin W. Conway
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identifications
Notropis amabilis (Girard, 1856)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cypriniformes Cyprinoidei Cyprinidae
Common Name(s): Texas shiner; carpita texana
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Muse Remarks
Notropis swaini Jordan and Gilbert
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cypriniformes Cyprinoidei Cyprinidae
Determiner: David Starr Jordan
Nature of ID: expert ID
Alburnus megalops Girard, 1857
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cypriniformes Cyprinoidei Cyprinidae
Determiner: Carter R. Gilbertlinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Gilbert_CR/1978] [MISC: p. 60]
Notropis megalops
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cypriniformes Cyprinoidei Cyprinidae
Determiner: Kevin W. Conway
Nature of ID: expert ID

Girard 1856, page 165, Syntype of Alburnus megalops Girard, 1857
Jordan 1885, page 118, Syntype of Notropis swaini Jordan and Gilbert
Conway and Kim 2016, page 319, Lectotype of Alburnus megalops Girard, 1857 "lectotype (by present designation)"; 39.7 mm SL
Media type: text; Girard 1856 Description: Girard 1856 publication;

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Media type: text; Jordan 1885 Description: Jordan 1885 Publication;

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  • field number: JHC:SAN_FELIPE
  • group number: 230
  • previous number: USNM 69

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 2023-02-08
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-02-06   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: CT scanned 28-Mar-2015

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 2023-02-08
standard length 40 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • Also SYNTYPES of Notropis swaini Jordan & Gilbert, 1885 as a replacement name. [now = Notropis amabilis fide C.R. Gilbert] Image available.

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Texas
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007826 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • San Felipe
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • San Felipe
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • U.S. Pacifc Railroad Survey
  • Georeference:
  • 29.7930090°, -96.100793° (Error radius: 4514m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2018-09-24 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2016-02-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • JHC:SAN_FELIPE
  • Collector:
  • John H. Clark

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 1676; 1677; 1678; 1679; 1680; 1681; 1682; 1683; 1684; 1685; 1686; 1687; 1688; 1689; 1690; 1691; 1692; 1693; 1694; 1695; 1696; 1697; 1698; 1699; 1700 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 000001-006000, pg.68;

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