MCZ Ichthyology 17845

Pellona bleekeriana Poey, 1867

Syntype of Pellona bleekeriana

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1861-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba: Matanzas | Matanzas

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:17845 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 17845

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:17845 Pellona bleekeriana Syntype

Current Identification
Pellona bleekeriana Poey, 1867
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Clupeiformes Clupeoidei Pristigasteridae
Determiner: Luis Howell-Rivero
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Howell Rivero_L/1938]

Poey y Aloy 1867, page 229, Syntype of Pellona bleekeriana Poey, 1867
Howell-Rivero 1938, page 171, Voucher of Pellona bleekeriana Poey, 1867 Cotypes: M.C.Z. 17845, seven specimens in such bad condition that no measurements could be made. No. Poey 537.
Media type: text; Howell-Rivero 1938 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXXXII no. 3;

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

  • field number: POEY:MATANZAS
  • group number: 111
  • previous number: P.537

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=2022-10-17   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) Extremely poor in collection 7 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

  • None

  • In: Repertorio Fis-Nat Isla Cuba 2:242. [= Chirocentrodon bleekerianus, fide Whitehead, 1985]. 1 ex. to USNM 120426. All in very poor condition. Image available.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • State/Province:
  • Matanzas
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Matanzas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Matanzas
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 23.1303760°, -81.492134° (Error radius: 37876m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2018-10-23 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1861-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Received in 1861
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • POEY:MATANZAS
  • Collector:
  • Felipe Poey

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology 17826; 17827; 17828; 17829; 17830; 17831; 17832; 17833; 17834; 17835; 17836; 17837; 17838; 17839; 17840; 17841; 17842; 17843; 17844; 17845; 17846; 17847; 17848; 17849; 17850 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 012001-018000, pg.234;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:17826 Sardina pilchardus to MCZ:Ich:178...

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