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MSB_2579

Not suspect, not examined
Checkered Puffer Sphoeroides testudineus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 25.16463° N, 90.24708° W (± 950000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusSphoeroides
Speciestestudineus

Collection Event

Collected Date1964.6.1

Geography

LocalityGulf of Mexico, taken in a shrimp trawl between 7 & 60 fathoms.

Record Source

Source Museum of Southwestern Biology (type: specimens)
Institution Museum of Southwestern Biology (type: museum)
Curator Thomas F. Turner
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 No data

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Sphoeroides Sphoeroides testudineus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected June 1, 1964
Collector(s)
No collector information is available for this record.
Collecting Event ID 287082
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Gulf of Mexico
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC
Georeferencing Remarks
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because

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