Letharchus velifer Goode & Bean
name: label: Collector
content: Kaiser
label: Collector
content: Martin
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
notes: label: Notes
content: 396 mm, vertebrae 2/--/139; illustrated; original no. 5762 (from ledger, meaning unknown); 3 syntypes removed and recat. as usnm 278182 (paralectotypes); this specimen designated as lectotype by jordan and evermann in figure caption, and is the true lectotype; the specimen designated by mccosker, et al. (fishes of the western north atlantic) is not the lectotype and has been returned to 278182
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: West Florida, Florida, United States, North Atlantic Ocean
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Letharchus velifer Goode & Bean
label: Published Name
content: Letharchus velifer Goode & Bean
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: 31458
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Jordan, D. S., Evermann, B. W. 1900. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. No. 47 : 3244, Pls. 1-392.
label: Type Citation
content: Goode, G. B., Bean, T. H. 1882. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 5 (297): 437.
label: Type Status
content: Lectotype
label: Type Status
content: Syntype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Elopomorpha, Anguilliformes, Congroidei, Ophichthidae, Ophichthinae
physicalDescription: label: Prep Count
content: 1
label: Preparation
content: Radiograph