Date Collected:

1865-09-01/1965-10-31

South America: Brazil: Amazonas | Tabatinga [Rio Solimoes at Tabatinga (aka Sapurara) and environs]

Current Identification
Hemigrammus ocellifer (Steindachner, 1882)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Characiformes Characoidei Characidae
Common Name(s): beacon fish; head-and-tail-light tetra
Determiner: Flavio C. T. LimaORCID iD icon on 2017-08-30
Nature of ID: expert ID

  • None

  • field number: THAYER133
  • group number: 204
  • previous number: MCZ:Ich:19841

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) fair in collection 4 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]

  • None

  • None

  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Amazonas
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001826 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Tabatinga [Rio Solimoes at Tabatinga (aka Sapurara) and environs]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • TABATINGA [Rio Solimoes at Tabatinga (aka Sapurara) and environs]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Coordinates approximate.
  • Georeference:
  • -4.2416666°, -69.741666° (Error radius: 115km) By: [no agent data] on 2010-03-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (4° 14′ 30″ S  69° 44′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1865-09-01 / 1965-10-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/9/1865-0/10/1865
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • THAYER133
  • Collectors:
  • Thayer Expedition to Brazil; D. Bourget

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]