MCZ Ichthyology 14513

Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861:423

Syntype of Scarus distinctus

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-12-31

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:14513 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861:423
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Labriformes Scaridae
Determiner: Luis Howell-Rivero
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Howell-Rivero_L/1938]
Previous Identification
Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861:423
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Labriformes Scaridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: ]

Poey y Aloy 1861, Syntype of Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861:423
Howell-Rivero 1938, page 211, Syntype of Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861:423 Cotypes: M .C. Z. 14513, 14540, 14544, 200 to 250 mm. No. Poey 333.
Media type: text; Howell-Rivero 1938 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXXII no. 3;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

  • field number: POEY
  • group number: 629
  • previous number: P.333

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
total length 220 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • None

  • [ = Sparisoma aurofrenatum fide Eschmeyer] Howell-Rivero designated MCZ 14513, 14540, 14544 as cotypes (=syntypes) though all are larger than the 199mm TL given by Poey.

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • 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

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 14501; 14502; 14503; 14504; 14505; 14506; 14507; 14508; 14509; 14510; 14511; 14512; 14513; 14514; 14515; 14516; 14517; 14518; 14519; 14520; 14521; 14522; 14523; 14524; 14525 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 012001-018000, pg.101;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:14501 Scarus aurofrenatus to MCZ:Ich:14...

  • [Masked]

  • None
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