Epinephelus merra
name: label: Collector
content: William Stimpson
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: South Pacific Ocean
notes: label: Notes
content: Note 1: "W. Stimpson" is assumed to be the Collector, not the Received From party, based on existing EMu Collection Event records.
label: Notes
content: Note 1: There are 5 specimens in this lot and 5 tin tags for this USNM number, but none of them are attached, There are small paper labels attached to 4 of the 5 specimens that indicate that the specimens are not all from the same location or original lot.The fifth and largest specimen does not have one of these labels. The 3 middle sized specimens have labels that read "Tahiti ; Th. -20". The smallest specimen has a label that reads "Lchf. 11" Both these match Stimpson lots from the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. "Th 20" appears on a list of lots from Tahiti, packed June 13 - 18, 1856. This lot is identified as Serranus but has no specimen count. "Lchf 11" corresponds to a 1 specimen lot from the "Loo choo Islands" [Ryukyu Islands, Japan] without an identification, from a list of lots packed May 11, 1855. At this time, the collection event attached is based on the ledger entry which matches at least 3 of the 5 specimens.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Nov 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Tahiti., French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Epinephelus merra
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: 9113
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Acanthopterygii, Perciformes, Percoidei, Serranidae, Epinephelinae