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FMNH_71498

Not suspect, not examined
Bluegill – Lepomis macrochirus
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

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

Taxonomy

GenusLepomis
Speciesmacrochirus

Specimen

Num Specimens0

Collection Event

Collected Date2023.8.31

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 Perciformes Centrarchidae Lepomis Lepomis macrochirus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Aug. 31, 1923
Collecting Event ID 7222
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
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
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.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 8/31/1923-8/31/1923
collectors May 23, 2012
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
collectors November 5, 2011
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 8/31/1923-8/31/1923
georeference November 17, 2006
Error: 6973.28755197008Locality: BrownsvilleCoordinates: 25.916864696;-97.501624722Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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