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CU_767

Not suspect, not examined
Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 25.89902° N, 97.49794° W (± 3800 m)

Taxonomy

GenusMollienesia
Specieslatipinna

Specimen

Num Specimens0

Collection Event

CollectorAH Wright, AAA, AAW, RDC
Collected Date1925.4.21

Geography

DrainageNueces-Rio Grande
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCameron
LocalityBrownsville

Record Source

Source Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates (type: specimens)
Institution Cornell University (type: university)
Curator John Friel
Record Added May 13, 2010
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 No data

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae Poecilia Poecilia latipinna
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected April 21, 1925
Collecting Event ID 9446
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region South Texas Brush Country
Jurisdiction Cameron, Texas
Name Brownsville
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Laguna Madre Brownsville Ship Channel Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain
HUC 12 121102080900
Georeferencing Remarks 1926 map of Brownsville (http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg) shows a much smaller city than what it is currently. Used this to define the geographic extent. Point placed on Rio Grande and extent runs to cover all of Town Resaca.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 3800
Remarks: 1926 map of Brownsville (http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg) shows a much smaller city than what it is currently. Used this to define the geographic extent. Point placed on Rio Grande and extent runs to cover all of Town Resaca.
Locality: BrownsvilleCoordinates: -97.497944, 25.899021Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
1926 map of Brownsville (http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg) shows a much smaller city than what it is currently. Used this to define the geographic extent. Point placed on Rio Grande and extent runs to cover all of Town Resaca.
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
flag (suspect/examine) note June 18, 2014
This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 4/21/1925-4/21/1925
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Wright, A.H. Allen, A.A. Wright, A.A. R.D.C.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: A.H. Wright, A.A. Allen, A.A. Wright, R.D.C.
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 4/21/1925-4/21/1925
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: NA
georeference November 17, 2006
Error: 6973.28755197008Locality: BrownsvilleCoordinates: 25.916864696;-97.501624722Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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