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OMNH_32697

Not suspect, not examined
Mexican Tetra – Astyanax argentatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 30.94473° N, 103.78505° W (± 928.1 m)

Taxonomy

GenusASTYANAX
SpeciesMEXICANUS

Specimen

Num Specimens36

Collection Event

CollectorRIGGS ET AL.
Collected DateAPRIL/17/1960

Geography

DrainageLower Pecos
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyReeves
LocalityDITCH,OUTFLOW FROM SWIMMING POOL AT BALMORHEA STATE PARK; HWY 17 AT TOYAHVALE,

Record Source

Source Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (type: specimens)
Institution Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (type: museum)
Curator Edie Marsh-Matthews
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 1
From Data Set Received 11/1997 to 05/2006

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 36

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Characiformes Characidae Astyanax Astyanax argentatus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date Feb. 3, 2011
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments GIS-based name change, no examination | ID updated based on taxonomic revision for this species/location
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected April 17, 1960
Collecting Event ID 51
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Reeves, Texas
Name Balmorhea State Park, outflow ditch
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Lower Pecos Lower Pecos Toyah Upper Toyah Creek San Solomon Creek-Toyah Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Chihuahuan Basins and Playas
HUC 12 130700030201
Georeferencing Remarks assumed in State Park boundaries.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 4/17/1960-4/17/1960
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Riggs, Carl D. Gassoway, Linton
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Carl D. Riggs, Gassoway, Linton
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 4/17/1960-4/17/1960
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: NAGeoref Remark: assumed in State Park boundaries.
georeference June 6, 2007
Error: 928.055649603712Remarks: assumed in State Park boundaries.Locality: Balmorhea State Park, outflow ditchCoordinates: 30.944732217;-103.785054563Georeferencer: BJLGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
assumed in State Park boundaries.

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