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FMNH_10936

Not suspect, not examined
Ladyfish – Elops saurus
NS G5 NS S4

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 26.07672° N, 97.19990° W (± 3072.2 m)

Taxonomy

GenusElops
Speciessaurus

Specimen

Num Specimens0

Collection Event

CollectorWeed & Pray
Collected Date2024.8.15

Geography

DrainageNueces-Rio Grande
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCameron
Locality"Laguna Madre, Point Isabel"

Record Source

Source Field Museum of Natural History (type: specimens)
Institution Field Museum of Natural History (type: museum)
Curator Mark W. Westneat
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 5/2017 to 11/2017

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count No data

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Elopiformes Elopidae Elops Elops saurus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Aug. 15, 1924
Collecting Event ID 7912
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Cameron, Texas
Name Laguna Madre at Port Isabel
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Laguna Madre Lower Laguna Madre Lower Laguna Madre
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
HUC 12 121102081000
Georeferencing Remarks Found on internet (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hgp9.html) - Port Isabel is synonomous with Point Isabel.
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: 8/15/1924-8/15/1924
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Weed, A.C. Pray, L.L.
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
Georef Remark: Found on internet (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hgp9.html) - Port Isabel is synonomous with Point Isabel.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: A.C. Weed, L.L. Pray
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 8/15/1924-8/15/1924
georeference April 26, 2007
Error: 3072.23769598682
Remarks: Found on internet (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hgp9.html) - Port Isabel is synonomous with Point Isabel.
Locality: Laguna Madre at Port IsabelCoordinates: 26.076718899;-97.199897621Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Found on internet (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hgp9.html) - Port Isabel is synonomous with Point Isabel.

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