Eptatretus bischoffii
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Expedition
content: Wilkes Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: South Pacific Ocean
notes: label: Notes
content: 002 specimens previously listed in ledger. this specimen was cataloged as the type of bdellostoma polytrema, but has only 10 gill openings (vs. 14) so it can not be a type of this species according to wisner. wisner has identified the specimen as eptatretus bischoffii, 17 march 1987, on the basis of the 10 gill openings. the specimen is disintegrating. additional information on the specimen is on a note in the jar. small tag in jar lists the number 277, which may be a station number. see wisner and mcmillan, 1988, trans. san diego soc. nat. hist., 21(14):239
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Apr 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Valparaiso, Chile, Valparaíso Province, Valparaíso Region, Chile, South America, South Pacific Ocean
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Eptatretus bischoffii
label: Published Name
content: Bdellostoma polytrema
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: 75830
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Agnatha, Myxini, Myxiniformes, Myxinidae, Eptatretinae