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ANSP_20438

Not suspect, not examined
Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 32.75996° N, 97.33827° W (± 3500 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLepomis
Specieshumilis

Identification

DeterminerH.W.Fowler

Collection Event

CollectorE.D.Cope
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyUnknown
LocalityFort Worth.

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 humilis
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, 1893
Collecting Event ID 5829
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 Blackland Prairies
Jurisdiction Tarrant, Texas
Name Fort Worth
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Trinity Upper Trinity Lower West Fork Trinity Big Fossil Creek-West Fork Trinity River Headwaters Sycamore Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Grand Prairie
HUC 12 120301020502
Georeferencing Remarks 1918 map of Fort Worth (http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/fort_worth18.jpg) shows a much smaller city than what it is currently. Used this to define the geographic extent of Fort Worth. Point placed on confluecne of Clear and West Forks of Trinity and extent runs acrross town to east.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because

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