MCZ Ichthyology 89557

Astyanax bourgeti Eigenmann, 1908

Holotype of Astyanax bourgeti

Date Collected:

1865-09-01/1965-10-31

South America: Brazil: Amazonas | Tabatinga [Rio Solimoes at Tabatinga (aka Sapurara) and environs]

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Current Identification
Astyanax bourgeti Eigenmann, 1908
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Characiformes Characoidei Characidae
Determiner: Carl H. Eigenmann
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Eigenmann_CH]

Eigenmann 1908, page 91, Holotype of Astyanax bourgeti Eigenmann, 1908 Cited as 20768
Eigenmann 1921, page 243, Voucher of Astyanax bourgeti Eigenmann, 1908 Cited as 20768 part Type. 92 mm Tabatinga. Bourget
Ragazzo et al. 2024, page 97, Voucher of Astyanax bourgeti Eigenmann, 1908 doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086 linked data icon
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  • field number: THAYER133
  • group number: 204
  • previous number: MCZ 20768b

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 2022-10-19
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-05   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 2022-10-19
total length 92 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • In: Bull Mus Comp Zool 52(6):95. Designated 'type' by Eigenmann, 1921:244. Image available. Xray available.

  • None

  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Amazonas
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001826 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Tabatinga [Rio Solimoes at Tabatinga (aka Sapurara) and environs]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • TABATINGA [Rio Solimoes at Tabatinga (aka Sapurara) and environs]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Coordinates approximate.
  • Georeference:
  • -4.2416666°, -69.741666° (Error radius: 115km) By: [no agent data] on 2010-03-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (4° 14′ 30″ S  69° 44′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1865-09-01 / 1965-10-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/9/1865-0/10/1865
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • THAYER133
  • Collectors:
  • Thayer Expedition to Brazil; D. Bourget

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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