MCZ Ichthyology 27965

Aphoristia pigra Goode & Bean, 1886

Holotype of Aphoristia pigra

Date Collected:

1879-01-14

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea | off St. Kitts

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:27965 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 27965

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:27965 Aphoristia pigra Holotype

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Current Identification
Aphoristia pigra Goode & Bean, 1886
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Pleuronectiformes Pleuronectoidei Cynoglossidae
Determiner: Karsten E. Hartellinked data icon; Marc A. Raila
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Hartel_KE & Raila_Mark/1993]

Goode and Bean 1885, page 153, Holotype of Aphoristia pigra Goode & Bean, 1886
Munroe 1992, page 402, Voucher of Symphurus piger (Goode and Bean, 1886)
Media type: text; Goode and Bean 1885 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XII no. 5;

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Shows Publication: Goode and Bean 1885 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XII no. 5

  • field number: BLAKE147
  • group number: 774
  • previous number: CLXXXI

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=2023-01-30   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 2023-02-08
total length 98 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • None

  • In: Bull. MCZ 12(154). Valid as Symphurus piger fide CAS,2009.

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7004569 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off St. Kitts
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off St. Kitts; 250 fms.
  • Depth:
  • 250 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • [TEMP: 52.5°F][SALINITY: M]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Fine gray sand, ooze.
  • Georeference:
  • 17.3250000°, -62.841666° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 2010-03-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (17° 19′ 30″ N  62° 50′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-01-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 14/1/1879-14/1/1879
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • BLAKE147
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 27951; 27952; 27953; 27954; 27955; 27956; 27957; 27958; 27959; 27960; 27961; 27962; 27963; 27964; 27965; 27966; 27967; 27968; 27969; 27970; 27971; 27972; 27973; 27974; 27975 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 027801-031600, pg.7;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:27951 Poecilopsetta beani to MCZ:Ich:27...

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