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FMNH_16728

Not suspect, not examined
Blue Catfish – Ictalurus furcatus
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 25.89902° N, 97.49794° W (± 3800 m)

Taxonomy

GenusIctalurus
Speciesfurcatus

Specimen

Num Specimens0

Collection Event

CollectorWeed & Camp
Collected Date2023.8.23

Geography

DrainageNueces-Rio Grande
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCameron
LocalityBrownsville

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 Siluriformes Ictaluridae Ictalurus Ictalurus furcatus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Aug. 23, 1923
Collecting Event ID 7930
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region South Texas Brush Country
Jurisdiction Cameron, Texas
Name Brownsville
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 Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain
HUC 12 121102080900
Georeferencing Remarks 1926 map of Brownsville (http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg) shows a much smaller city than what it is currently. Used this to define the geographic extent. Point placed on Rio Grande and extent runs to cover all of Town Resaca.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 3800
Remarks: 1926 map of Brownsville (http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg) shows a much smaller city than what it is currently. Used this to define the geographic extent. Point placed on Rio Grande and extent runs to cover all of Town Resaca.
Locality: BrownsvilleCoordinates: -97.497944, 25.899021Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
1926 map of Brownsville (http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg) shows a much smaller city than what it is currently. Used this to define the geographic extent. Point placed on Rio Grande and extent runs to cover all of Town Resaca.
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
flag (suspect/examine) note June 18, 2014
This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 8/23/1923-8/23/1923
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Weed, A.C. Camp, R.D.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: A.C. Weed, R.D. Camp
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 8/23/1923-8/23/1923
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
georeference November 17, 2006
Error: 6973.28755197008Locality: BrownsvilleCoordinates: 25.916864696;-97.501624722Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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