MCZ Ichthyology 22138

Mesoprion elegans Poey, 1860

Syntype of Mesoprion elegans

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Cuba | off Cuba

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:22138 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Mesoprion elegans Poey, 1860
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Lutjaniformes Lutjanidae
Determiner: Ledger on 2023-03-27
Nature of ID: legacy
Previous Identification
Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier, 1829)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Lutjaniformes Lutjanidae
Common Name(s): B-liner; Bastard snapper; Chub head snapper; Chub-head snapper; Golden-red snapper; Mingo snapper; Plumhead; Red snapper; Small red snapper; Ti-deux yeux; Vermillion snapper; vermilion snapper
Determiner: Cards
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Cards]

Howell-Rivero 1938, page 197, Syntype of Mesoprion elegans Poey, 1860 Cotypes: M. C. Z. 22138, 3 specimens 290 to 330 mm, No. Poey 273.
Media type: text; Howell-Rivero 1938 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXXII no. 3;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Howell-Rivero 1938 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXXII no. 3

  • field number: POEY
  • group number: 551
  • previous number: P. 273

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 2023-09-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-03-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 3 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 2023-09-11
standard length 230-260 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • At one time thought to be type-material of Mesoprion elegans Poey, but size discrepancies precludes such possibility [L.R. Rivas & K.E. Hartel].

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Cuba
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 21.5919640°, -79.434082° (Error radius: 561251m) By: Karsten E. Hartel on 2014-03-20 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1861-01-01 / 1861-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1861-1861
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • See: Howell-Rivero. 1938. Bull. MCZ 83(3)
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • POEY
  • Collector:
  • Felipe Poey

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 22126; 22127; 22128; 22129; 22130; 22131; 22132; 22133; 22134; 22135; 22136; 22137; 22138; 22139; 22140; 22141; 22142; 22143; 22144; 22145; 22146; 22147; 22148; 22149; 22150 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 018001-024000, pg.166;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:22126 Alosa chrysochloris to MCZ:Ich:22...

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