Mascarenichthys heemstrai Schwarzhans & Moller
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1 May 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Jeffrey T. Williams
label: Collector
content: G. D. Johnson
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: Indian Ocean
notes: label: Notes
content: There were originally 28 specimens in this lot. Nine have been published as Mascarenichthys heemstrai. 13 have been removed to USNM 392820. Six specimens removed to USNM 394974. June 2010 eleven specimens, not nine as published, were returned from the authors as paratypes of Mascarenichthys heemstrai.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Aug 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 11
place: label: Place
content: Seychelles, south end of Mahe, Takamaka, on coral rubble and granite boulders, Seychelles, Indian Ocean
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Mascarenichthys heemstrai Schwarzhans & Moller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356342
label: USNM Number
content: 267205
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Schwarzhans, W. W., Moller, P. D. 2007. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 23 : 78, 32, 33.
label: Type Status
content: Paratype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Paracanthopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Bythitoidei, Bythitidae
physicalDescription: label: Depth (m)
content: 0 - 3
label: Prep Count
content: 3
label: Preparation
content: Otolith