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Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Species: Muraena myrus  
Cat No: NRM 8321. N=3
Determiner: Linnaeus, C 1758
Length:
Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Unknown
Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province: Unknown
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean:
Locality: No data. From the old collection. Oldest known label written by J.W. Dalman during the period 1818-1828.
Field Number: KVA-DALMAN
Leg: Unknown
Date: to 1828
SYNTYPES ? Muraena myrus
Object remarks: One or two of these might be Linnaean Type specimens. Labels from Dalman (2) and Museum Paykull. In 1828 Dalman lists four specimens of which one originate from Museum Paykull. In 1809 Swartz lists two specimens from Museum Drottningholm (= possible Linnean types). Needs more research /EIÅ, 1998.
Locality remarks: Date of collecting and accession antedates 12 July 1828.

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