MCZ Ichthyology 28012

Aldrovandia pallida Goode & Bean, 1896

Holotype of Aldrovandia gracilis

Date Collected:

1877-01-01/1878-12-31

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:28012 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 28012

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:28012 Aldrovandia pallida Holotype

Current Identification
Aldrovandia pallida Goode & Bean, 1896
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Notacanthiformes Halosauridae
Determiner: G. Brown Goode; Tarleton H. Bean
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Goode_GB, Bean_TH/1896]
Previous Identifications
Aldrovandia gracilis Goode & Bean, 1896
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Notacanthiformes Halosauridae
Determiner: G. Brown Goode; Tarleton H. Bean
Nature of ID: expert ID
Aldrovandia affinis (Günther, 1877)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Notacanthiformes Halosauridae
Common Name(s): halosaur; rattailed lizardfish
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Muse Remarks

Goode and Bean 1896, Holotype of Aldrovandia gracilis Goode & Bean, 1896 "A single individual, the type of the species, 600 millimeters in length, was taken by the Blake at Station CLXXIII.
Smith 1994, page 39, Voucher of Aldrovandia pallida Goode & Bean, 1896 Holotype
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: 104
  • previous number: CLXXIII

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 2022-10-19
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-12   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good 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 2022-10-19
total length 600 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • In: Spec Bull US Nat Mus (2): 135-136, fig 158 (also Mem Mus Comp Zool 22:same pages) [= Aldrovandia affinis (Günther), fide Sulak, 1990:126]. 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
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • 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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