MCZ Ichthyology 1329

Heterandria formosa Girard 1859

Syntype of Heterandria formosa

Date Collected:

1847-01-01/1853-12-31

North America: United States: South Carolina | Charleston

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:1329 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 1329

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:1329 Heterandria formosa Syntype

Current Identification
Heterandria formosa Girard 1859
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontoidei Poeciliidae
Determiner: Samuel Walton Garmanlinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Garman]
Previous Identification
Girardinus formosus
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontoidei Poeciliidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: ]

Agassiz 1855, page 133, Syntype of Heterandria formosa Girard 1859 Not types sensu stricto; Agassiz's 1855 description objectively invalid. [pages: 133-136]
Media type: text; Agassiz 1855 Description: Discovery of viviparous fish in Louisiana pg. 206;

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Shows Publication: Agassiz 1855 Description: Discovery of viviparous fish in Louisiana pg. 206

  • field number: LA:CHARLESTON
  • group number: 347

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 341 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
standard length 10-23 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • None

  • Considered Agassiz type (C. Glibert, pers. comm. 1999)

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • South Carolina
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007712 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Charleston
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Charleston, S.C.
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 32.8175470°, -79.934355° (Error radius: 20975m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2020-04-30 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1847-01-01 / 1853-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1847-1853
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Some of this material may have been collected by assistants; ie Burkhardt, McCrady, etc.
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • LA:CHARLESTON
  • Collector:
  • Louis Agassizlinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 1326; 1327; 1328; 1329; 1330; 1331; 1332; 1333; 1334; 1335; 1336; 1337; 1338; 1339; 1340; 1341; 1342; 1343; 1344; 1345; 1346; 1347; 1348; 1349; 1350 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 000001-006000, pg.54;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:1326 Gambusia holbrooki to MCZ:Ich:1350...

  • [Masked]

  • None
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