MCZ Ichthyology 20936

Astyanax giton Eigenmann, 1908

Lectotype of Astyanax giton  
  Syntype of Astyanax giton

Date Collected:

1865-04-01/1865-04-30

South America: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro | Rio Paraiba do Sul, between Barra do Pirai and Tres Rios (D. Pedro II Railroad)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:20936 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Astyanax giton Eigenmann, 1908
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Characiformes Characoidei Characidae
Determiner: Filipe A. G. de Melo
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: de Melo_Goncalves/2000]

Eigenmann 1908, page 91, Syntype of Astyanax giton Eigenmann, 1908
Eigenmann 1917, Figured of Astyanax giton Eigenmann, 1908 Plate 47, Fig. 1, 67 mm
Eigenmann 1921, page 281, Voucher of Astyanax giton Eigenmann, 1908 Cotypes about 68 about 78 mm
de Melo 2001, page 6, Lectotype of Astyanax giton Eigenmann, 1908
de Melo and Buckup 2006, Voucher of Astyanax giton Eigenmann, 1908 Comparative material
Silva et al. 2019, page 1435, Voucher of Astyanax giton Eigenmann, 1908 doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2019.06.001 linked data icon
Ragazzo et al. 2024, page 147, Voucher of Astyanax giton Eigenmann, 1908 doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086 linked data icon
Media type: image; Eigenmann 1908 Description: .pdf publication;

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Shows Publication: Eigenmann 1908 Description: .pdf publication

Media type: text; Eigenmann 1917 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XLIII Part I (Plates);

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Shows Publication: Eigenmann 1917 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XLIII Part I (Plates)

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

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Shows Publication: Eigenmann 1921 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XLIII Part III

  • field number: THAYER084
  • group number: 204

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked on loan 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
standard length 63.2 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • None

  • In: Bull Mus Comp Zool 52(6):97. See type status in de Melo, Arq. Mus. Nac. 2001(59):6

  • None

  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001942 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Rio Paraiba do Sul, between Barra do Pirai and Tres Rios (D. Pedro II Railroad)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • RIO PARAHYBA [Rio Paraiba do Sul, between Barra do Pirai and Tres Rios (D. Pedro II Railroad)]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Coordinates approximate.
  • Georeference:
  • -22.275000°, -42.758333° (Error radius: 115km) By: [no agent data] on 2010-03-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (22° 16′ ″ S  42° 45′ ″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1865-04-01 / 1865-04-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/4/1865-0/4/1865
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • THAYER084
  • Collectors:
  • Thayer Expedition to Brazil; Louis Agassizlinked data icon; D. Bourget

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 20926; 20927; 20928; 20929; 20930; 20931; 20932; 20933; 20934; 20935; 20936; 20937; 20938; 20939; 20940; 20941; 20942; 20943; 20944; 20945; 20946; 20947; 20948; 20949; 20950 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 018001-024000, pg.118;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:20926 Charax to MCZ:Ich:20950 Astyanax ...

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