Skip to content
A Virtual Museum on the State's Fish Biodiversity

MSB_10729

Not suspect, not examined
Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 30.15276° N, 103.28694° W (± 117.3 m)

Taxonomy

GenusGambusia
Speciesaffinis

Specimen

Num Specimens3

Collection Event

CollectorS.P. PLATANIA & B.K. LANG
Collected Date1992.3.16

Geography

DrainageRIO GRANDE
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyBrewster
LocalityPena Colorado Creek, at Fort Pena Park.

Record Source

Source Museum of Southwestern Biology (type: specimens)
Institution Museum of Southwestern Biology (type: museum)
Curator Thomas F. Turner
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 3

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae Gambusia Gambusia affinis
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected March 16, 1992
Collecting Event ID 7216
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Brewster, Texas
Name Pena Colorado Creek at Fort Pena Park
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Rio Grande-Amistad Rio Grande-Amistad Maravillas Headwaters Maravillas Creek Lower Pena Colorado Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands
HUC 12 130402060106
Georeferencing Remarks
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE
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: 3/16/1992-3/16/1992
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Platania, Steven P. Lang, Brian K.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Steven P. Platania, Brian K. Lang
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 3/16/1992-3/16/1992
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 September 10, 2007
Error: 117.292526400469Locality: Pena Colorado Creek at Fort Pena ParkCoordinates: 30.152759309;-103.286939059Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

Comments On MSB_10729

No comments have been posted yet.