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FMNH_11356

Not suspect, not examined
Tex-Mex Gambusia Gambusia speciosa
NS G3 NS S3

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.53509° N, 100.98378° W (± 11000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusGambusia
Speciesaffinis

Specimen

Num Specimens0

Collection Event

CollectorJames H. Ferriss
Collected Datenone

Geography

DrainageRio Grande
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyUnknown
LocalityDevil's River

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 Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae Gambusia Gambusia speciosa
Determiner Adam Cohen
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments specimen not examined; ID is based on known range for G. speciosa as per Hubbs et al checklist and key (2008).
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1903 – Dec. 31, 1903
Collecting Event ID 3763
Collecting Event Notes Published manuscript by H.A. Pilsbry and J.H. Ferriss, Mollusca of the Southwestern States II, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1906 (https://books.google.com/books?id=QY0OAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=James+H.+Ferriss+Texas&source=bl&ots=5DgSPODS3X&sig=ACfU3U3oTIaBWDXQPLrbIE3O9ISNLk2nag&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_qbysvqnmAhUPnawKHUy8BlQQ6AEwCHoECBkQAg#v=onepage&q=devil&f=false) suggests this collection was in 1903 at the Devils River near Del Rio. Ferriss, among other things studied snails.
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Edwards Plateau
Jurisdiction Val Verde, Texas
Name Devils River near Del Rio
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Rio Grande-Amistad Devils Lower Devils Deaton Draw-Devils River Cedar Mott Draw-Devils River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Semiarid Edwards Plateau
HUC 12 130403020105
Georeferencing Remarks Published manuscript by H.A. Pilsbry and J.H. Ferriss, Mollusca of the Southwestern States II, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1906 (https://books.google.com/books?id=QY0OAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=James+H.+Ferriss+Texas&source=bl&ots=5DgSPODS3X&sig=ACfU3U3oTIaBWDXQPLrbIE3O9ISNLk2nag&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_qbysvqnmAhUPnawKHUy8BlQQ6AEwCHoECBkQAg#v=onepage&q=devil&f=false) suggests this collection was in 1903 at the Devils River near Del Rio. Ferriss, among other things studied snails.
Georeferencing Annotation
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