Skip to content
A Virtual Museum on the State's Fish Biodiversity

CAS_118394

Suspect, pending examination
Highfin Carpsucker Carpiodes velifer
NS G4

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 30.11432° N, 95.52349° W (± 26285.4 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCarpiodes
Speciesvelifer

Specimen

Num Specimens0

Identification

DeterminerJ.S. Baughman/1921*

Collection Event

CollectorJ.S. Baughman
Collected Date1940.9.4

Geography

DrainageSan Jacinto
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyMontgomery
LocalitySpring Creek, TX.

Record Source

Source California Academy of Sciences (type: specimens)
Institution California Academy of Sciences (type: museum)
Curator Luiz Rocha
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 Cypriniformes Catostomidae Carpiodes Carpiodes velifer
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments ID change corrects mistake in record processing | Verbatim ID of C. velifer never should have been changed to carpio without evidence. This despite the fact that, from a biogeographic standpoint, these are almost certainly carpio.
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Sept. 4, 1940
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 8041
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Piney Woods
Jurisdiction Harris, Texas
Name Spring Creek
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Galveston Bay-San Jacinto San Jacinto Spring Walnut Creek-Spring Creek Willow Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Flatwoods
HUC 12 120401020210
Georeferencing Remarks Reach limited to Montgomery County
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: TRUE
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
note: suspect record needs to be examinedExamination: Pending
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: yesexamination: pending
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 9/4/1940-9/4/1940
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Baughman, J.L.
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 limited to Montgomery County
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: J.L. Baughman
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 9/4/1940-9/4/1940
georeference May 29, 2007
Error: 26285.4155518872Remarks: Reach limited to Montgomery CountyLocality: Spring CreekCoordinates: 30.114316613;-95.523492801Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Reach limited to Montgomery County

Comments On CAS_118394

No comments have been posted yet.