MCZ Ichthyology 32959

Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878

Syntype of Poecilia boucardii

Date Collected:

1872-07-01/1872-07-31

Central America: Panama | San Pablo [?]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:32959 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 32959

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:32959 Poecilia boucardii Syntype

Current Identification
Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontoidei Poeciliidae
Determiner: Donn E. Rosen; Reeve M. Bailey
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Rosen_DE, Bailey_RM/1963]

Steindachner 1878, page 379, Syntype of Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878
Rosen and Bailey 1963, page 49, Voucher of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1836 Syntype of P. boucardi
Poeser 2003, page 361, Voucher of Poecilia gilli (Kner, 1863) Type material examined
Media type: text; Rosen and Bailey 1963 Description: Rosen & Baily (1963) publication PDF;

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Shows Publication: Rosen and Bailey 1963 Description: Rosen & Baily (1963) publication PDF

  • field number: HASS:SPABLO
  • group number: 347

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 2023-01-09
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-12-12   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 10 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 2023-01-09

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  • In: Sb k Akad Wiss Wien, 76:386-387. Considered STs by Rosen & Bailey (1963:49); but they (and Jordan & Evermann) list Aspinwall (Colon) as the type locality. There is a Quebrada San Pablo in the vicinity of Colon.

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Panama
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005565 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • San Pablo [?]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • San Pablo, Panama
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Unclear whether this is referring to San Pablo River, or the San Pablo on the Chagres River. [MHS; 2020-04-13] Steindachner's description of P. boucardi suggests that he and Mr. Boucard collected these specimens at Aspinwall (Colon) there appears to be a Quebrada San Pablo outside of Colon.
  • Georeference:
  • 8.71666700°, -80.250000° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1872-07-01 / 1872-07-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/7/1872-0/7/1872
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • HASS:SPABLO
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 32941; 32942; 32943; 32944; 32945; 32946; 32947; 32948; 32949; 32950; 32951; 32952; 32953; 32954; 32955; 32956; 32957; 32958; 32959; 32960; 32961; 32962; 32963; 32964; 32965 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 031601-037540, pg.56;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:32941 Syngnathus scovelli to MCZ:Ich:32...

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