MCZ Ichthyology 6403

Limia cubensis Poey, 1854

Syntype of Limia cubensis

Date Collected:

1864-01-01/1864-12-31

Central America: Cuba: West Indies: Greater Antilles: Cuba | Havana, Cuba

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Current Identification
Limia cubensis Poey, 1854
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontoidei Poeciliidae
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Hartel_KE, Rivas_LR]

Howell-Rivero 1938, page 178, Voucher of Limia cubensis Poey, 1854 Cotypes: M.C.Z. 6403, 18 males and 40 females... No. Poey 347
Rosen and Bailey 1963, page 59, Voucher of Poecilia vittata Guichenot, 1853 Syntypes of L. cubensis.
Media type: text; Howell-Rivero 1938 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXXII no. 3;

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Media type: text; Rosen and Bailey 1963 Description: Rosen & Baily (1963) publication PDF;

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  • field number: POEY:HAVANA
  • group number: 347
  • previous number: Poey 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 55 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

  • In: Mem Hist Nat Isla Cuba 1:388-389, pl 31 fig 12-13, pl 32 fig 10-11. This lot now incorporates MCZ 49163 (ex- MCZ 6403a), which was segregated at one time.

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Island Group:
  • West Indies: Greater Antilles
  • Island:
  • Cuba
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005380 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Havana, Cuba
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Havana, Cuba
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Georeference:
  • 23.1913950°, -82.460469° (Error radius: 19366m) By: Michelle Vanderwel on 2013-01-31 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1864-01-01 / 1864-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1864-1864
  • Collector:
  • Felipe Poey

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 6401;  6402;  6403;  6404;  6405;  6406;  6407;  6408;  6409;  6410;  6411;  6412;  6413;  6414;  6415;  6416;  6417;  6418;  6419;  6420;  6421;  6422;  6423;  6424;  6425 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 006001-012000, pg.17;

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