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CAS_16423

Not suspect, not examined
Metallic Lanternfish Myctophum affine
NS G5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 24.00000° N, 96.83333° W (± 45 m)

Taxonomy

GenusMyctophum
Speciesaffine

Specimen

Num Specimens8
Preparation75% ETHYL

Identification

DeterminerG.W. Mead / Jul 1954

Collection Event

CollectorU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Collected Date25-May-1954-26-May-1954
Field NumberOREGON 1074
Depthsurface

Geography

CountryMexico
StateTamaulipas
Latitude24°0'N
Longitude96°50'W
Latitude DMS24
Longitude DMS-96.833333
LocationMain
LocalityOff Tamaulipas.

Other

Number85
IdFALSE
MsFALSE
Accession1972-III:20
InventoryFound
RadiographFALSE
Tax HistoryN
Geardip net
VesselM/V Oregon

Record Source

Source California Academy of Sciences (type: specimens)
Institution California Academy of Sciences (type: museum)
Curator Luiz Rocha
Record Added April 23, 2015
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 8

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Myctophiformes Myctophidae Myctophum Myctophum affine
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments Specimen not examined; ID derived from synonymization to GBIF backbone and synonyms in FoTX taxonomy | derived from effort to match GBIF backbone and FoTX synonyms
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected May 25, 1954 – May 26, 1954
Collecting Event ID 34130
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Unknown
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution. | GBIF latlong_remarks:
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because

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