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CAS_28253

Not suspect, not examined
Smoothhead Scorpionfish Scorpaena calcarata

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 28.75409° N, 94.28291° W (± 77000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusScorpaena
Speciescalcarata

Specimen

Num Specimens2
Preparation75% ETHYL

Identification

DeterminerW.N. Eschmeyer/31 Aug. 73

Collection Event

Collected Date1966.12.20-
Field NumberZ28253
Depth20 fa

Geography

CountryU.S.A.
StateTexas
LocationMain
LocalityOff Galveston.

Other

Number131
IdFALSE
MsFALSE
Accession1973-VI:15
InventoryUnknown
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 2

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Scorpaeniformes Scorpaenidae Scorpaena Scorpaena calcarata
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments Specimen not examined; ID derived from synonymization to GBIF backbone and synonyms in FoTX taxonomy | derived from effort to match GBIF backbone and FoTX synonyms
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Dec. 20, 1966
Collector(s)
No collector information is available for this record.
Collecting Event ID 39882
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Gulf of Mexico off Galveston
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC
Georeferencing Remarks Treated as continental shelf of Gulf off Galveston. Point placed along a line perpendicular to the coast mid-way to edge of continental shelf. Error runs back to coast and includes Flower Gardens reefs.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because

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