MCZ Ichthyology 9990

Lutjanus vivanus (Cuvier, 1828)

Date Collected:

1861-01-01/1861-12-31

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

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: ]

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

  • 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 415 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Sea:
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • 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

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Media type: text; Ichthyology 9976;  9977;  9978;  9979;  9980;  9981;  9982;  9983;  9984;  9985;  9986;  9987;  9988;  9989;  9990;  9991;  9992;  9993;  9994;  9995;  9996;  9997;  9998;  9999;  10000 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 006001-012000, pg.160;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:9976 Mesoprion uninotatus to MCZ:Ich:10...

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