MCZ Ichthyology 9966

Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828)

Syntype of Mesoprion profundus

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Caribbean Sea: Cuba | off Cuba

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:9966 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Lutjaniformes Lutjanidae
Common Name(s): Day snapper; Red snapper; Silk; West Indian snapper; Yellow-eyed (red) snapper; Yellow-eyed snapper; Yelloweye snapper; silk snapper
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: ]

Howell-Rivero 1938, page 196, Syntype of Mesoprion profundus Poey Cotypes: 9966, 9990, two specimens 340 & 415 mm. long. No. Poey 28
Rivas 1966, page 132, Voucher of Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828) recorded as "cotypes" by Howell-Rivero (1938, p. 196) are not the types of profundus
Media type: text; Howell-Rivero 1938 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXXII no. 3;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Howell-Rivero 1938 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXXII no. 3

  • field number: POEY
  • group number: 551

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
unspecified measurement 330 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • None

  • NOT A TYPE of Mesoprion profundus Poey (P. 28) as stated in cards (described size of HT: 260 mm TL).

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Cuba
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 21.5919640°, -79.434082° (Error radius: 561251m) By: Karsten E. Hartel on 2014-03-20 (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
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • See: Howell-Rivero. 1938. Bull. MCZ 83(3)
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • POEY
  • Collector:
  • Felipe Poey

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 9951; 9952; 9953; 9954; 9955; 9956; 9957; 9958; 9959; 9960; 9961; 9962; 9963; 9964; 9965; 9966; 9967; 9968; 9969; 9970; 9971; 9972; 9973; 9974; 9975 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 006001-012000, pg.159;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:9951 Mesoprion ambiguus Holotype to MC...

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