Syntype of Conocara mcdonaldi

Date Collected:

1877-01-01/1878-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico | west of Tortugas

Media type: image; Ichthyology 28004

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:28004 Conocara mcdonaldi Syntype

Current Identification
Conocara mcdonaldi Goode & Bean, 1896
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Alepocephaliformes Alepocephalidae
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Hartel_KE, Kenaley_CP/2001]

Media type: text; Goode and Bean 1896 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXII Atlas;

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Shows Publication: Goode and Bean 1896 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XXII Atlas

  • field number: BLAKE029
  • group number: 158
  • previous number: CLXXII, CLXV

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 2022-10-26
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-24   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 2 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 2022-10-26
standard length 240-290 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • Valid as Conocara macroptera fide Markle & Sazonov, 1990. Note:(1) smaller specimen has tin tag with DRN (=drawn) incsribed (2) both specimens measure several inches larger than in original description. Image available.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/4288 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • west of Tortugas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • west of Tortugas; 955 fms
  • Depth:
  • 0 - 955 fms
  • Habitat Description:
  • [TEMP: 39.5°F][SALINITY: M]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • 1877-78
  • Georeference:
  • 24.6083333°, -84.091666° (Error radius: 115km) By: [no agent data] on 2010-03-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (24° 36′ ″ N  84° 5′ ″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1877-01-01 / 1878-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1877-1878
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • BLAKE029
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 28001;  28002;  28003;  28004;  28005;  28006;  28007;  28008;  28009;  28010;  28011;  28012;  28013;  28014;  28015;  28016;  28017;  28018;  28019;  28020;  28021;  28022;  28023;  28024;  28025 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 027801-031600, pg.9;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:28001 Scorpaena to MCZ:Ich:28025 Ogcoce...

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