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MCZ Ichthyology 9333

Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1873-12-31

South America: Brazil | probably somewhere in the northern region, in Amazonas or Para

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:9333 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Gymnotiformes Gymnotoidei Gymnotidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: ]

  • None

  • field number: CL:BRAZIL
  • group number: 225

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (alcohol) unchecked deaccessioned - used up 2 History
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
total length 798-920 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • None

  • One specimen has two ticks (Ixodoidea) burrowed in the skin. Tissue specimen removed (Invoice 09-007)

  • None

  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • probably somewhere in the northern region, in Amazonas or Para
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [Exact locality unknown, probably somewhere in the northern region, in Amazonas or Para]
  • Georeference:
  • -12.466667, -40.883333 (Error radius: 3036m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2020-02-14 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1873-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Received 13 Oct 1873. Possibly collected in the summer of 1873.
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • CL:BRAZIL
  • Collector:
  • Charles Linden

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 9326; 9327; 9328; 9329; 9330; 9331; 9332; 9333; 9334; 9335; 9336; 9337; 9338; 9339; 9340; 9341; 9342; 9343; 9344; 9345; 9346; 9347; 9348; 9349; 9350 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 006001-012000, pg.134;

(Media Record)(media file)

Ledger Entry For Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:9350 Gymnotus carapo Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 006001-012000, pg.134

  • Deaccessioned

  • None
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