MCZ Ichthyology 27041

Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1994-03-01

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western: Tanzania: Zanzibar | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:27041 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Ostracioidei Ostraciidae
Common Name(s): Backspine cowfish; Cofferfish; Cowfish; Thornback boxfish; Thornback cow; Thorny-back cowfish; boxfish; shortspined cowfish
Determiner: Karsten E. Hartellinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Hartel_KE/2009]

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  • field number: PMS:ZANZIBAR
  • group number: 781

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
standard length 96 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • Received from Peabody Museum of Salem on August 1, 1885. Only one specimen originally listed in ledger, however 2 L.fornasini found with this number, stored in separate jars (ADW-2009);Donor: Peabody Museum of Salem;Donor Date: 00/00/1885

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Zanzibar
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Zanzibar
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Georeference:
  • -6.1238240°, 39.3375170° (Error radius: 46495m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2020-04-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1994-03-01
  • 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:
  • PMS:ZANZIBAR
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Ichthyology 27026; 27027; 27028; 27029; 27030; 27031; 27032; 27033; 27034; 27035; 27036; 27037; 27038; 27039; 27040; 27041; 27042; 27043; 27044; 27045; 27046; 27047; 27048; 27049; 27050 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 024001-027800, pg.122;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:27026 Syngnathus sp. to MCZ:Ich:27050 B...

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