MCZ Ichthyology 7888

Plecostomus macrops Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888

Holotype of Plecostomus macrops

Date Collected:

1865-09

South America: Brazil: Minas Gerais | Rio das Velhas, between Fazenda do Bom Sucesso and Pirapora [Rio das Velhas, between Diamantina and Pirapora]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:7888 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Plecostomus macrops Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Siluriformes Loricarioidei Loricariidae
Determiner: Carl H. Eigenmann
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Eigenmann_CH]
Previous Identification
Hypostomus macrops (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Siluriformes Loricarioidei Loricariidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Muse Remarks

Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1888, page 119, Holotype of Plecostomus macrops Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Ramos et al. 2017, page 7, Holotype of Plecostomus macrops Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-20160064 linked data icon
Penido et al. 2021, page 12, Voucher of Hypostomus macrops (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) doi: 10.1111/jfb.14674 linked data icon
Media type: image; Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1888 Description: Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. I. ser. 2, v.1 (1888) ;

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  • field number: THAYER144
  • group number: 276

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (4)
Remarks: Muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-11-02
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-26   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 2022-11-02
standard length 118.5 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • In: Proc Cal Acad Sci S2 1:170 (described in key) [= Hypostomus macrops, fide Isbrucker & Nijssen]. Image available

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Minas Gerais
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7006237 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Rio das Velhas, between Fazenda do Bom Sucesso and Pirapora [Rio das Velhas, between Diamantina and Pirapora]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Rio das Velhas, between Fazenda do Bom Sucesso and Pirapora [Rio das Velhas, between Diamantina and Pirapora]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Coordinates approximate for near Pirapora.
  • Georeference:
  • -17.341666°, -44.841666° (Error radius: 115km) By: [no agent data] on 2010-03-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (17° 20′ ″ S  44° 50′ ″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1865-09-01 / 1865-09-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/9/1865-0/9/1865
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • THAYER144
  • Collectors:
  • Thayer Expedition to Brazil; Orestes H. St. John

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Media type: text; Ichthyology 7876; 7877; 7878; 7879; 7880; 7881; 7882; 7883; 7884; 7885; 7886; 7887; 7888; 7889; 7890; 7891; 7892; 7893; 7894; 7895; 7896; 7897; 7898; 7899; 7900 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 006001-012000, pg.76;

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