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ANSP_20423

Not suspect, not examined
Longear Sunfish – Lepomis aquilensis

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.79213° N, 99.24674° W (± 33970.0 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLepomis
Speciesmegalotis

Identification

DeterminerH.W.Fowler

Collection Event

CollectorE.D.Cope
Collected Datenone

Geography

DrainageSan Antonio
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyUnknown
LocalityUpper Medina River.

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, 1877 – Dec. 31, 1877
Collecting Event ID 8172
Collecting Event Notes This map represents Cope's Texas trips (see map: https://bioone.org/journals/transactions-of-the-kansas-academy-of-science/volume-119/issue-3-4/062.119.0409/The-Last-Time--Edward-Drinker-Copes-Last-Trip-to/10.1660/062.119.0409.full?tab=ArticleLinkFigureTable). He was in TX on at least 1892/93 and 1877 and 1874. His Rio Grande and NM collections are from 1874 (based o this map and records from the RG with 1874 date).
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Edwards Plateau
Jurisdiction Bandera, Texas
Name Medina River, upstream half
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Central Texas Coastal San Antonio Medina Upper Medina River Hicks Creek-Medina River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Balcones Canyonlands
HUC 12 121003020201
Georeferencing Remarks Reach includes the West Prong and North Prong.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 30, 2021
note: This map represents Cope's Texas trips (see map: https://bioone.org/journals/transactions-of-the-kansas-academy-of-science/volume-119/issue-3-4/062.119.0409/The-Last-Time--Edward-Drinker-Copes-Last-Trip-to/10.1660/062.119.0409.full?tab=ArticleLinkFigureTable). He was in TX on at least 1892/93 and 1877 and 1874. His Rio Grande and NM collections are from 1874 (based o this map and records from the RG with 1874 date).
date_range: 1/1/1877-12/31/1877
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 5/1/1877-11/30/1892
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Cope, Edward Drinker
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 5/1/1877-11/31/1892
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: E.D. Cope
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: NAGeoref Remark: Reach includes the West Prong and North Prong.
georeference October 12, 2007
Error: 33970.0331518542Remarks: Reach includes the West Prong and North Prong.Locality: Medina River, upstream halfCoordinates: 29.792131021;-99.246736613Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Reach includes the West Prong and North Prong.

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