MCZ Ichthyology 13116

Gobius mapo Poey, 1860

Holotype of Gobius mapo

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-12-31

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

Media type: image;   Ichthyology 13116 Aspect: lateral

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:13116 Gobius mapo Holotype Aspect: lateral

Current Identification
Gobius mapo Poey, 1860
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Gobiiformes Gobioidei Gobiidae
Determiner: Douglass F. Hoese
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Hoese_D/1990]

Howell-Rivero 1938, page 214, Holotype of Gobius mapo Poey, 1860 Types: M. C. Z. 13116, 13117; both numbers in the same bottle. five specimens from 46 to 110 mm., the largest of which is the holotype, No. Poey 498.
Tornabene et al. 2010, page 161, Voucher of Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) Holotype of G. mapo; also see discussion p. 163 (AWE).
Media type: text; Howell-Rivero 1938 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXXII no. 3;

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

  • field number: POEY
  • group number: 706

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 2023-01-30
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-01-25   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 2023-01-30

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  • In MS holotype selected and under MCZ 13116. Balance of 13116-117 will be considered non-type (see correspondence from L. Tornabene 6/29/10 [KEH]. After Hoese 1990 print-out of MCZ types. Howell-Rivero lists largest specimen in MCZ 13116-117 as holotype but it is not clear how many specimens used in origional description. Now= Bathygobius soporator. Inseperably mixed with MCZ 13117 (ADW-2009).

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • 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

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Media type: text; Ichthyology 13101;  13102;  13103;  13104;  13105;  13106;  13107;  13108;  13109;  13110;  13111;  13112;  13113;  13114;  13115;  13116;  13117;  13118;  13119;  13120;  13121;  13122;  13123;  13124;  13125 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 012001-018000, pg.45;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:13101 Gobius mapo to MCZ:Ich:13125 Ambl...

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