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YSÖ-TANGA

Coordinates available for 3 records of YSÖ-TANGA

Retrieved 3 of 3 (500 records requested)

Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Species: Petersius tangensis  
Cat No: NRM 9744. N=13
Determiner: Lönnberg, E 1907
Length:
Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Africa
Country: TANZANIA State/Province: Tanga
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean:
Locality: Tanga, pool on inundated ground at Tanga
Field Number: YSÖ-TANGA
Leg: Sjöstedt, Y
Date: Jun 1905
SYNTYPE Petersius tangensis
Object remarks: Original lot of 18 specimens. Two specimens listed by Boulenger (Cat Fish Africa) as being in BMNH. Note in bottle: '3 specimens removed because they are Barbus P.H. Greenwood 1961'. One of these located as NRM 10954, B. usambarae. Thus 2 specimens missing 1991. SOK/1991.
Locality remarks: Kilimanjaro-Meru Expedition.
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Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Species: Barbus usambarae  
Cat No: NRM 10953. N=1
Determiner: Lönnberg, E 1907
Length:
Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Africa
Country: TANZANIA State/Province: Tanga
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean:
Locality: Tanga, pool on inundated ground at Tanga
Field Number: YSÖ-TANGA
Leg: Sjöstedt, Y
Date: Jun 1905
HOLOTYPE Barbus usambarae
Object remarks: Extremely poor condition. Has been desiccated and is now next to completely cleared. Noted as 'valueless' by Greenwood 1962 (Bull BMNH 8(4), p. 192. SOK/1991.
Locality remarks: Kilimanjaro-Meru Expedition.

Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Species: Barbus usambarae  
Cat No: NRM 10954. N=1
Determiner: Greenwood, PH 1962
Length:
Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Africa
Country: TANZANIA State/Province: Tanga
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean:
Locality: Tanga, pool on inundated ground at Tanga
Field Number: YSÖ-TANGA
Leg: Sjöstedt, Y
Date: Jun 1905
SYNTYPE Petersius tangensis
Object remarks: Redetermined as *Barbus usambarae* by Greenwood 1962 (Bull BMNH, 8(4), p. 192. Note in bottle 'dry 1978' but seems in reasonable condition. SOK/1991.
Locality remarks: Kilimanjaro-Meru Expedition.

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