MCZ Ichthyology 20905

Astyanax brevirhinus Eigenmann, 1908

Holotype of Astyanax brevirhinus

Date Collected:

1866-04-01/1966-05-31

South America: Brazil | Rio Jequitinhonha, along the Jequitinhonha valley

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Current Identification
Astyanax brevirhinus Eigenmann, 1908
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Characiformes Characoidei Characidae
Determiner: Carl H. Eigenmann
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Eigenmann_CH]

Eigenmann 1908, page 91, Holotype of Astyanax brevirhinus Eigenmann, 1908
Eigenmann 1917, Figured of Astyanax brevirhinus Eigenmann, 1908 Plate 47, Fig. 2, 68 mm
Eigenmann 1921, page 280, Voucher of Astyanax brevirhinus Eigenmann, 1908 about 68 mm Type
da Graça et al. 2017, page 1134, Voucher of Astyanax brevirhinus Eigenmann, 1908 Holotype, 50.3 mm SL
Ragazzo et al. 2024, page 97, Voucher of Astyanax brevirhinus Eigenmann, 1908 doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086 linked data icon
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Media type: text; Eigenmann 1917 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XLIII Part I (Plates);

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Media type: text; Eigenmann 1921 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XLIII Part III;

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  • field number: THAYER048
  • group number: 204

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) fair on loan 1 History
Remarks: tissue removed from specimen believed to have been only preserved in ethanol
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: Muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-19
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-05   determined by=Nina Black  
tissue (95% ethanol: vapor phase nitrogen) fair in collection 1 History (4)
Remarks: tissue removed from specimen believed to have been only preserved in ethanol; muscle; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2017-03-03
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History (3)

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 2022-10-19
total length 68 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • In: Bull Mus Comp Zool,52(6):96. Des. 'type' by Eig.1921:280.

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Rio Jequitinhonha, along the Jequitinhonha valley
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • RIO JEQUITINHONHA [Rio Jequitinhonha, along the Jequitinhonha valley]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Coordinates approximate.
  • Georeference:
  • -15.858333°, -38.891666° (Error radius: 115km) By: [no agent data] on 2010-03-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (15° 51′ 30″ S  38° 53′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1866-04-01 / 1966-05-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/4/1866-0/5/1866
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • THAYER048
  • Collectors:
  • Thayer Expedition to Brazil; Charles F. Harttlinked data icon; Edward Copeland

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Media type: text; Ichthyology 20901; 20902; 20903; 20904; 20905; 20906; 20907; 20908; 20909; 20910; 20911; 20912; 20913; 20914; 20915; 20916; 20917; 20918; 20919; 20920; 20921; 20922; 20923; 20924; 20925 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 018001-024000, pg.117;

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