MCZ Ichthyology 17348

Caranx frontalis Poey, 1860

Syntype of Caranx frontalis  
  Holotype of Caranx frontalis

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:17348 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 17348 Aspect: lateral

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Current Identification
Caranx frontalis Poey, 1860
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Carangiformes Carangidae
Determiner: Luis Howell-Rivero
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Howell-Rivero_L/1938]

Poey y Aloy 1861, Holotype of Caranx frontalis Poey, 1860
Howell-Rivero 1938, page 187, Syntype of Caranx frontalis Poey, 1860 Cotypes:M.C.Z. 17348, specimen 470 mm. long. No. Poey 552.
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: 533
  • previous number: P.552

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=2023-03-20   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

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  • In: Mem Hist Nat Isla Cuba 2:222-223. Described size: 470 mm. Howell y Rivero considers this lot as 'cotype', w/ no indication of other lots in the same category. [= Caranx lugubris Poey, fide Smith-Vaniz et al., 1990:734].

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  • 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 17326; 17327; 17328; 17329; 17330; 17331; 17332; 17333; 17334; 17335; 17336; 17337; 17338; 17339; 17340; 17341; 17342; 17343; 17344; 17345; 17346; 17347; 17348; 17349; 17350 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 012001-018000, pg.214;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:17326 Pomatomus saltatrix to MCZ:Ich:17...

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