MCZ Ichthyology 13372

Eleotris omocyaneus Poey, 1860

Syntype of Eleotris omocyaneus  
  Holotype of Eleotris omocyaneus

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-12-31

Central America: Cuba: Artemisa Province: West Indies: Greater Antilles: Cuba | [no specific locality data]

Media type: image;   Ichthyology 13372 Aspect: lateral

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:13372 Eleotris omocyaneus Holotype Aspect: lat...

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Gobiiformes Gobioidei Eleotrididae
Determiner: Douglass F. Hoese in 1990
Nature of ID: expert ID

Howell-Rivero 1938, page 213, Holotype of Eleotris omocyaneus Poey, 1860 Holotype: M. C. Z. 13372, male; Paratype: M.C.Z. 13371, female. No. Poey 298.
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
  • previous number: P.298

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 2023-09-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-03-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked 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 2023-09-11
standard length 125 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • Entry based on Hoese's 1990 printout in type file. Howell-Rivero (1938) lists this as the holotype and MCZ 13371 as a paratype. Now = Domitator.

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • State/Province:
  • Artemisa Province
  • Island Group:
  • West Indies: Greater Antilles
  • Island:
  • Cuba
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • See: Howell-Rivero. 1938. Bull. MCZ 83(3).
  • 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
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • POEY
  • Collector:
  • Felipe Poey

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 13351;  13352;  13353;  13354;  13355;  13356;  13357;  13358;  13359;  13360;  13361;  13362;  13363;  13364;  13365;  13366;  13367;  13368;  13369;  13370;  13371;  13372;  13373;  13374;  13375 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 012001-018000, pg.55;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:13351 Guavina guavina to MCZ:Ich:13375 ...

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