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FMNH_113485

Not suspect, not examined
Least Puffer Sphoeroides parvus
NS G5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 26.06012° N, 97.19752° W (± 1368.2 m)

Taxonomy

FamilyTetraodontidae
GenusSphoeroides
Speciesparvus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorA. M. Landry, WFSC 689, MARB 485
Collected Date2001.9.29-2001.9.29
Field NumberWFSC689-22-01

Geography

CountryU.S.A.
StateTexas
CountyCameron
Latitude DMS26.07
Longitude DMS-97.2
LocalityLaguna Madre's Mexiquita Flats off Long Island, Port Isabel, terminus of East Garcia Street,*

Other

Specimen NotesInternal Record Number (IRN): 692295
Alc1
S0
Skel0
Sea / GulfGulf of Mexico

Record Source

Source Field Museum of Natural History (type: specimens)
Institution Field Museum of Natural History (type: museum)
Curator Mark W. Westneat
Record Added April 23, 2015
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 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Sphoeroides Sphoeroides parvus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Sept. 29, 2001
Collecting Event ID 13971
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Cameron, Texas
Name Mexiquita Flats, off Long Island, Laguna Madre
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 Laguna Madre Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
HUC 12 121102080900
Georeferencing Remarks
Georeferencing Annotation Location of Mexiquita Flats found at: http://www.stxmaps.com/map/default.cfm?Box=3922070:1156146:3933270:1148346
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: 9/29/2001-9/29/2001
date May 23, 2012
date_range: 9\29\2001-9\29\2001
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Landry, A.M. WFSC 689, MARB 485

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