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ANSP_20619

Not suspect, not examined
Longear Sunfish Lepomis aquilensis

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 30.66108° N, 99.11226° W (± 64426.9 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLepomis
Speciesmegalotis

Identification

DeterminerH.W.Fowler

Collection Event

CollectorE.D.Cope
Collected Datenone

Geography

DrainageColorado
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyUnknown
LocalityLlano 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 8170
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 Llano Uplift
Jurisdiction Mason, Texas
Name Llano River, entire length
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal Middle Colorado-Llano Llano Comanche Creek-Llano River Beaver Creek-Llano River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Llano Uplift
HUC 12 120902040510
Georeferencing Remarks Original georeference taken from locality ID#30905
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
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: Original georeference taken from locality ID#30905
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: E.D. Cope
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 5/1/1877-11/31/1892
georeference January 26, 2011
Error: 64426.8683517236Remarks: Original georeference taken from locality ID#30905Locality: Llano River, entire lengthCoordinates: 30.661081964;-99.112256546Georeferencer: MJCGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Original georeference taken from locality ID#30905

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