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KUI_30299

Not suspect, not examined
Atlantic Flyingfish – Cheilopogon melanurus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 26.08333° N, 95.41667° W (± 45 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCypselurus
Speciesmelanurus

Specimen

Num Specimens1
Preparation1 C&S

Collection Event

CollectorCaldwell, D K
Collected Date1954.5.27
Field NumberORE 1078

Geography

StateTexas
Localityca 175km E of south tip of Padre Island
Latitude DMS26.0833340°
Longitude DMS-95.4166641°

Record Source

Source Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center (type: specimens)
Institution Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center (type: museum)
Curator Leo Smith
Record Added April 23, 2015
Record Last Modified March 23, 2026
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 11/1997 to 05/2006

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Beloniformes Exocoetidae Cheilopogon Cheilopogon melanurus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments Specimen not examined; ID derived from synonymization to GBIF backbone and synonyms in FoTX taxonomy | derived from effort to match GBIF backbone and FoTX synonyms
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected May 27, 1954
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 40501
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Unknown
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC —
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution. | GBIF latlong_remarks:
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 45
Remarks: Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution.
Coordinates: -95.416667, 26.083333
Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution.
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 5/27/1954-5/27/1954
date May 23, 2012
date_range: 5\27\1954-5\27\1954
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Caldwell, David K.

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