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CAS_140521

Not suspect, not examined
Checkered Puffer Sphoeroides testudineus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.36809° N, 94.84530° W (± 41855.8 m)

Taxonomy

GenusSphoeroides
Speciestestudineus

Specimen

Num Specimens1
Preparation75% ETHYL

Identification

DeterminerA.W. Herre / 1946

Collection Event

CollectorCollier, A. C.
Collected Datenone
Field NumberACC 1935

Geography

CountryU.S.A.
StateTexas
LocationMain
Water BodyGalveston Bay

Other

Number241
IdFALSE
MsFALSE
InventoryFound
RadiographFALSE
Tax HistoryN

Record Source

Source California Academy of Sciences (type: specimens)
Institution California Academy of Sciences (type: museum)
Curator Luiz Rocha
Record Added April 23, 2015
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Sphoeroides Sphoeroides testudineus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1935 – Dec. 31, 1935
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 22009
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Galveston, Texas
Name Galveston Bay
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Galveston Bay-San Jacinto Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake West Galveston Bay Dickinson Bayou Dickinson Bayou
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
HUC 12 120402040200
Georeferencing Remarks Includes East Bay and West Bay
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because

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