MCZ Ichthyology 88946

Plecostomus limosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888

Syntype of Plecostomus limosus  
  Paralectotype of Plecostomus limosus

Date Collected:

1865-08-01/1965-11-30

South America: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul | Rio Grande do Sul state, probably in the Lagoa dos Patos system, near the coast

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:88946 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Plecostomus limosus 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 commersonii Valenciennes
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, Syntype of Plecostomus limosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Reis et al. 1990, Paralectotype of Plecostomus limosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Media type: image; Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1888 Description: Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. I. ser. 2, v.1 (1888) ;

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Shows Publication: Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1888 Description: Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. I. ser. 2, v.1 (1888)

Media type: text; Reis et al. 1990 Description: Reis et al 1990;

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Shows Publication: Reis et al. 1990 Description: Reis et al 1990

  • field number: THAYER110
  • group number: 276
  • previous number: MCZ 7869 (part)

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
standard length 136.5-159 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • None

  • In: Proc Cal Acad Sci (2)1:167-168. [= H. commersonii] LT at MCZ 7869. [See Reis et al., 1990, Rev Suisse Zool 97(3):737] 1 add. ex. 'loaned' to BMNH @ 1900.

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Rio Grande do Sul
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001941 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Rio Grande do Sul state, probably in the Lagoa dos Patos system, near the coast
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • RIO GRANDE DO SUL [Rio Grande do Sul state, probably in the Lagoa dos Patos system, near the coast]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: B]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Date approximate. Collection probably made around Porto Alegre. Given to the Thayer Exp. in Apr-Jul 1866.
  • Georeference:
  • -31.238655°, -51.431274° (Error radius: 118899m) By: Mariangeles Arce on 2013-08-14 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1865-08-01 / 1965-11-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/8/1865-0/11/1865
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • THAYER110
  • Collectors:
  • Thayer Expedition to Brazil; Dom Pedro IIlinked data icon

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

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