MCZ Ichthyology 13432

Eleotris somnulentus Girard, 1858

Syntype of Eleotris somnulentus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1996-03-01

North America: United States: Texas | Mouth of the Rio Grande

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:13432 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Eleotris somnulentus Girard, 1858
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Gobiiformes Gobioidei Eleotrididae
Determiner: Andrew D. Willistonlinked data icon on 2019-10-30
Nature of ID: legacy
Remarks: Reference to USNM Catalog and Previous Number SI 641
Previous Identifications
Dormitator maculatus (Bloch, 1792)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Gobiiformes Gobioidei Eleotrididae
Common Name(s): Pacific sleeper; fat sleeper; guavina mapo; naca
Determiner: Frank PezoldORCID iD icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Pezold_F/1996]
Eleotris Bloch and Schneider, 1801
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Gobiiformes Gobioidei Eleotrididae
Common Name(s): sleepers; spinycheek sleepers
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: ]

Girard 1858, page 169, Syntype of Eleotris somnulentus Girard, 1858 Not recognized as type in Catalog of Fishes 2019-11-01. Publication notes collected by John H. Clark under W. H. Emory".

  • field number: JHC:RIOGRANDE_M
  • group number: 706
  • previous number: USNM 641

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 (70% ethanol) good in collection 2 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 56-59 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Texas
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007826 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Mouth of the Rio Grande
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mouth of the Rio Grande
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 25.9569640°, -97.146707° (Error radius: 1037m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2021-04-09 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1996-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • JHC:RIOGRANDE_M
  • Collector:
  • John H. Clark

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Media type: text; Ichthyology 13426; 13427; 13428; 13429; 13430; 13431; 13432; 13433; 13434; 13435; 13436; 13437; 13438; 13439; 13440; 13441; 13442; 13443; 13444; 13445; 13446; 13447; 13448; 13449; 13450 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 012001-018000, pg.58;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:13426 Dormitator maculatus to MCZ:Ich:1...

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