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

OSUS_18320

Not suspect, not examined
Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 30.96288° N, 103.72861° W (± 440.4 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCyprinodon
Speciesvariegatus

Specimen

Num Specimens67

Identification

DeterminerEchelle

Collection Event

CollectorEchelle Family And J.E. Brooks
Collected Date1988.7.28

Geography

DrainageRio Grande
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyReeves
LocalityHead Of Earthen Canal (At End Of Concrete Flume), W. Side Of Lake Balmorhea

Record Source

Source Oklahoma State University (type: specimens)
Institution Oklahoma State University (type: university)
Curator Anthony A. Echelle
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified March 23, 2026
Data Processing Track Track 1
From Data Set Received 11/1997 to 05/2006

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 67

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontidae Cyprinodon Cyprinodon variegatus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected July 28, 1988
Collecting Event ID 2035
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Reeves, Texas
Name Inlet canal confluence to Lake Balmorhea
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 Terrain Navigator shows two canals on west side, extant covers both
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 7/28/1988-7/28/1988
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Echelle, Anthony A. family, Brooks, James E.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Anthony A. Echelle, family, James E. Brooks
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 7/28/1988-7/28/1988
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: Terrain Navigator shows two canals on west side, extant covers both
georeference June 6, 2007
Error: 440.375649601761Remarks: Terrain Navigator shows two canals on west side, extant covers bothLocality: Head of earthen canal on west side of Lake BalmorheaCoordinates: 30.962881809;-103.728613221Georeferencer: BJLGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Terrain Navigator shows two canals on west side, extant covers both

Comments On OSUS_18320

No comments have been posted yet.