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CAS_202359

Not suspect, not examined
Southern Puffer Sphoeroides nephelus
NS G5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.37389° N, 89.93806° W (± 23639 m)

Taxonomy

GenusSphoeroides
Speciesnephelus

Specimen

Num Specimens1
Preparation75% ETHYL

Identification

DeterminerJ. Tyler

Collection Event

CollectorB.W. Walker
Collected Date1951.7.31-
Field NumberW51-164

Geography

CountryU.S.A.
StateLouisiana
LocationMain
Water BodyBarataria Bay
LocalityJefferson Parish, Barataria Bay, north of Grand Isle.

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 nephelus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected July 31, 1951
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 36320
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Unknown
Hydrography Lower Mississippi Region Lower Mississippi Central Louisiana Coastal East Central Louisiana Coastal Barataria Bay-Frontal Gulf of Mexico Barataria Bay-Cat Bay
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC 12 080903010509
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. | GBIF latlong_remarks:
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 23639
Remarks: Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project.
Coordinates: -89.93806, 29.37389
Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project.
verbatim data June 30, 2021
Count of specimens retrieved from GBIF and applied to verbatim data: 1
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 7/31/1951-7/31/1951
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Walker, B.W.
date May 23, 2012
date_range: 7\31\1951-7\31\1951

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