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FMNH_11364

Not suspect, examined
Pecos Pupfish – Cyprinodon pecosensis
TX Threatened SGCN Federal: Under Review NS G2 NS S1

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Map

Location 29.80685° N, 101.45052° W (± 11318.5 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCyprinodon
Speciesvariegatus

Specimen

Num Specimens0

Collection Event

CollectorJames H. Ferriss
Collected Datenone

Geography

DrainageRio Grande
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyVal Verde
Locality"Pecos River, Langtry"

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 Cyprinodontidae Cyprinodon Cyprinodon pecosensis
Determiner Floyd Douglas Martin
Determination Date July 14, 2010
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments ID complete | belly with no scales
Identification Confidence High

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1903 – Dec. 31, 1903
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 7540
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 Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Val Verde, Texas
Name Pecos River at Langtry
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Lower Pecos Lower Pecos Lower Pecos Dead Mans Canyon-Pecos River Shumla Bend-Pecos River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Chihuahuan Basins and Playas
HUC 12 130700120403
Georeferencing Remarks point placed at river closest to town, extent covers river in town vicinity
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
date June 30, 2021
note: 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.
date_range: 1/1/1903-12/31/1903
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1830-12/31/2006
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Ferriss, James H.
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: Specimen examined and ID'ed for FoTX projectID Comments: belly with no scalesGeoref Remark: point placed at river closest to town, extent covers river in town vicinityID Confidence: high
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: James H. Ferriss
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1830-12/31/2006
georeference June 11, 2007
Error: 11318.5163519514Remarks: point placed at river closest to town, extent covers river in town vicinityLocality: Pecos River at LangtryCoordinates: 29.806845622;-101.450522011Georeferencer: BJLGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
point placed at river closest to town, extent covers river in town vicinity

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