FMNH 53217

Credit: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
  • Brachyglanis melas FMNH 53217 holo lat
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: lateral
  • Brachyglanis melas FMNH 53217 holo lat x
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: lateral x-ray
  • Brachyglanis melas FMNH 53217 holo dvh x
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: dorsoventral head x-ray
  • Brachyglanis melas FMNH 53217 holo dv x
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: dorsoventral x-ray
  • Brachyglanis melas FMNH 53217 holo a x
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: lateral appendicular x-ray
  • Brachyglanis melas FMNH 53217 holo d
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: dorsal
  • Brachyglanis melas FMNH 53217 holo lath x
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: lateral head x-ray
  • Brachyglanis melas FMNH 53217 holo v
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: ventral
FM Catalog: Fishes
Scientific Name: Brachyglanis melas
Type Status: Holotype
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heptapteridae
Genus: Brachyglanis
Species: melas
Field #: CHE1908-12
Collector: C. H. Eigenmann
Geography: South America, Guyana: Crab Falls. [LL]
DWc Country: Guyana
Date Collected: 1908
Preparations: alc
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Count: 1
Type Status: Holotype
EMu IRN: 632338
OccurenceID: 1a1b7082-2b5e-4a1f-8a33-6233aaf252b8
Measurements:
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