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MCZ_45079

Not suspect, not examined
Spotted Batfish Ogcocephalus pantostictus
NS GNR

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 28.95551° N, 95.35902° W (± 3566 m)

Taxonomy

FamilyOgcocephalidae
SpeciesOgcocephalus pantostictus
GenusOgcocephalus

Specimen

Num Specimens1
TypePhysicalObject
Type StatusPARATYPE
Preparationswhole animal (alcohol)
Basis Of RecordPRESERVED_SPECIMEN

Identification

Identification RemarksIn: Proc Calif Acad Sci 42(7):264-267; fig 17, 19, 23. Other PT at MCZ 45080.
Identified ByMargaret G. Bradbury

Collection Event

CollectorJohn L. Baughman
Collected Date1947.4.9
Field NumberJLB1947:0409

Geography

CountryUS
Latitude28.955511
Longitude-95.359025
Error3566.0
Higher GeographyAtlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States
Verbatim LocalityDow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas
LocalityDow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas

Georeferencing

Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters3566
Georeferenced ByMelissa J Casarez
Georeference ProtocolMaNIS/HerpNET/ORNIS Georeferencing Guidelines
Georeference Sourcesunknown
Georeference Verification Statusunverified
Georeference RemarksTreated as: at Freeport

Record

Institution Idb4640710-8e03-11d8-b956-b8a03c50a862
Dynamic Properties{"age class":"adult"}
Occurrence IdMCZ:Ich:45079
Other Catalog Numbersfield number=JLB1947:0409; group number=298
Occurrence Remarksage class: adult

Rights & Source

IdentifierMCZ:Ich:45079
LicenseCC_BY_NC_4_0
Referenceshttp://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:45079
Rights HolderPresident and Fellows of Harvard College
Owner Institution CodeMuseum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Record Source

Source Museum of Comparative Zoology (type: specimens)
Institution Museum of Comparative Zoology (type: museum)
Curator Karel Liem
Record Added June 24, 2020
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 3
From Data Set Received 5/2017 to 11/2017

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Lophiiformes Ogcocephalidae Ogcocephalus Ogcocephalus pantostictus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected April 9, 1947
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 275237
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Higher Geography Gulf of Mexico; United States; Texas
Jurisdiction Brazoria, Texas
Name Freeport.
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Galveston Bay-San Jacinto Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake Austin-Oyster Lower Oyster Creek Lower Oyster Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
HUC 12 120402050400
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference needs verification/refinement; coordinates provided by donor
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because This record, being part of the track 3 import, is not formally georeferenced by FoTX staff at this time. However, to allow mapping and visualization of this record, locality information has been provisionally accepted if provided by the donor or if location text could be matched to previously georeferenced records by FoTX team or donor data. For many records spatial error is either accepted from the donor (when provided) or derived based on coordinate precision.
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE

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