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

DMNH_245

Not suspect, not examined
Mexican Tetra Astyanax argentatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 30.88296° N, 102.87742° W (± 242.3 m)

Taxonomy

GenusASTYANAX
SpeciesMEXICANUS

Collection Event

CollectorSMU COLLECTION
Collected Date1948.6.8

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyPecos
LocalityROONEY PARK AND COMANCHE SPRINGS, FORT STOCKTON

Record Source

Source Museum of Nature and Science (type: specimens)
Institution Museum of Nature and Science (type: museum)
Curator Dr. Anthony Fiorillo
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 1
From Data Set Received 11/1997 to 05/2006

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count No data

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Characiformes Characidae Astyanax Astyanax argentatus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments GIS-based name change, no examination | ID updated based on taxonomic revision for this species/location
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected June 8, 1948
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 5283
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Pecos, Texas
Name Comanche Springs
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Lower Pecos Lower Pecos Landreth-Monument Draws Comanche Creek Headwaters Comanche Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Chihuahuan Basins and Playas
HUC 12 130700071801
Georeferencing Remarks
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 6/8/1948-6/8/1948
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: SMU Collection
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
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: SMU Collection
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 6/8/1948-6/8/1948
georeference October 25, 2006
Error: 242.255954400969Locality: Comanche SpringsCoordinates: 30.882956797;-102.87742154Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

Comments On DMNH_245

No comments have been posted yet.