FMNH 56039

Credit: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
  • Xyliphius magdalenae FMNH 56039 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
  • Xyliphius magdalenae FMNH 56039 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
  • Xyliphius magdalenae FMNH 56039 holo lat
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: lateral
  • Xyliphius magdalenae FMNH 56039 holo d
    Creator: Michael W. Littmann : Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: dorsal
  • Xyliphius magdalenae FMNH 56039 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
  • Xyliphius magdalenae FMNH 56039 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
  • Xyliphius magdalenae FMNH 56039 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: Xyliphius magdalenae
Type Status: Holotype
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Aspredinidae
Genus: Xyliphius
Species: magdalenae
Field #: CHEZ56039
Collector: C. H. Eigenmann
Geography: South America, Colombia: Girardot. [LL]
DWc Country: Colombia
Date Collected: 1 Feb 1912
Preparations: alc
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Count: 1
Type Status: Holotype
EMu IRN: 634535
OccurenceID: 8c9704a3-e093-48f9-9670-9922282296fc
Measurements:
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