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KUI_37498

Not suspect, not examined
Crested Cusk-Eel Ophidion josephi
NS GNR

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.09917° N, 90.19124° W (± 2445 m)

Taxonomy

GenusOphidion
Specieswelshi

Specimen

Num Specimens12
Preparation1 C&S; 11 EtOH

Identification

DeterminerRobins, Charles R

Collection Event

CollectorWalls, J G
Collected Date1971/04/00
Field NumberJGW 71-01

Geography

StateLouisiana
CountyLafourche
LocalityOff Bayou Fourchon

Other

Specimen Notessize: 188-205mm TL

Record Source

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 12

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Ophidiiformes Ophidiidae Ophidion Ophidion josephi
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected April 1, 1971 – April 30, 1971
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 43831
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Unknown
Hydrography Lower Mississippi Region Lower Mississippi Central Louisiana Coastal East Central Louisiana Coastal Barataria Bay-Frontal Gulf of Mexico Bayou Lafourche-Frontal Gulf of Mexico
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC 12 080903010505
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. | GBIF latlong_remarks: Fishnet2 georeferencer's comment: Can't find 'Bayou Fourchon', but there is a Pass Fourchon and Port Fourchon in named Parish. Point placed off gulf at Port Fourchon and uncertainty includes to Pass Fourchon.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because

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