MCZ Ichthyology 27219

Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855)

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:27219 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Gymnothorax vicinus (Castelnau, 1855)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Elopomorpha Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Anguilliformes Muraenidae
Common Name(s): morena amarilla; morena de boca púrpura; purplemouth moray
Determiner: Ledger
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Ledger]

  • field number: POEY
  • group number: 76

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
total length 740 mm By: Karsten E. Hartel 2010-10-20
Remarks: mm TL

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  • Received from F. Poey as G. erebus [Poey 1861]. Potentially a type, but Poey's only described specimen was 936 mm.

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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 27201; 27202; 27203; 27204; 27205; 27206; 27207; 27208; 27209; 27210; 27211; 27212; 27213; 27214; 27215; 27216; 27217; 27218; 27219; 27220; 27221; 27222; 27223; 27224; 27225 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 024001-027800, pg.129;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:27201 Coregonus albula to MCZ:Ich:27225...

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