MCZ Ichthyology 6424

Gambusia punctata Poey, 1854

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-12-31

Central America: Cuba: West Indies: Greater Antilles: Cuba | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:6424 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Gambusia punctata Poey, 1854
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontoidei Poeciliidae
Common Name(s): Cuban gambusia; blue gambusia; gambusia cubana; spotted gambusia
Determiner: Luis R. Rivas
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Rivas_LR]

Rosen and Bailey 1963, page 101, Voucher of Gambusia punctata Poey, 1854
Rivas 1969, page 790, Voucher of Gambusia punctata Poey, 1854 Except for the white crystalline lens showing through the pupil, specimens originally fixed and kept in ethanol for more than 100 years (MCZ 6424; USNM 203180) have the same ground color and color pattern as the type material herein described which has been preserved for 25 years.
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: POEY
  • group number: 347

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) Good/Fair in collection 3 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]

  • None

  • NOT TYPES. Described in Mem Hist Nat Isla Cuba 1:384-386, pl 31-32, fig 5-9. Considered STs or cotypes by Howell-Rivero (1938:177) and Rosen & Bailey (1963:101), but demoted by Rivas [Copeia 1969:788] because of their dubious origin. A neotype (USNM 203165) and neoparatypes (USNM 203166) for the species were designated.

  • None

  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Island Group:
  • West Indies: Greater Antilles
  • Island:
  • Cuba
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005380 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba [no additional specific locality
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 22.1036640°, -79.322461° (Error radius: 582910m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2020-05-08 (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
  • 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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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:6401 Gambusia puncticulata Syntype to ...

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