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ANSP_13263

Not suspect, not examined
Longear Sunfish Lepomis aquilensis

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 31.91863° N, 104.21317° W (± 22000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLepomis
Speciesmegalotis

Identification

DeterminerH.W.Fowler

Collection Event

CollectorCapt. John Pope
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnknown
StateUnknown
CountyUnknown
LocalityDelaware Creek.

Record Source

Source Academy of Natural Sciences (type: specimens)
Institution Academy of Natural Sciences (type: museum)
Curator John G. Lundberg (but transitioning out)
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified July 27, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count No data

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Centrarchidae Lepomis Lepomis aquilensis
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1853 – Dec. 31, 1854
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 22662
Collecting Event Notes Presumed to be a collection associated with the railroad route survey from the Mississippi river to the Pacific (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42767#page/2/mode/1up). Map of route (https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000831/).
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Culberson, Texas
Name Delaware Creek
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Lower Pecos Lower Pecos Delaware Lower Delaware River Willow Spring-Delaware River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC 12 130700020306
Georeferencing Remarks Presumed to be a collection associated with the railroad route survey from the Mississippi river to the Pacific (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42767#page/2/mode/1up). Map of route (https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000831/). The location where Pope's route parallels the Delaware is shown. Georeferenced area covers this reach.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 22000
Remarks: Presumed to be a collection associated with the railroad route survey from the Mississippi river to the Pacific (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42767#page/2/mode/1up). Map of route (https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000831/). The location where Pope's route parallels the Delaware is shown. Georeferenced area covers this reach.
Locality: Delaware CreekCoordinates: -104.213167, 31.918631Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
Presumed to be a collection associated with the railroad route survey from the Mississippi river to the Pacific (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42767#page/2/mode/1up). Map of route (https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000831/). The location where Pope's route parallels the Delaware is shown. Georeferenced area covers this reach.
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 30, 2021
note: Presumed to be a collection associated with the railroad route survey from the Mississippi river to the Pacific (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42767#page/2/mode/1up). Map of route (https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000831/).
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1854
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1858
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Pope, John Captain
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: Not flagged for specimen examination. By default we accept donor specimen determinations (after synonymization to our taxonomy). If georeferenced to TX this record has been considered in spatial context with other occurences of this species and accepted as correct.
ID Comments: NANot Georeferenced Because: There are several Delaware Creeks in Texas.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: John Pope
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1858
georeference August 9, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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