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ROM_27006

Not suspect, not examined
Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
NS G5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 30.40691° N, 88.83470° W (± 45 m)

Taxonomy

SpeciesBrevoortia tyrannus

Specimen

Num Specimens6

Collection Event

CollectorBecker, G.
Collected Date1968.8.4

Geography

StateMississippi
LocalityOcean Springs, Coastal Waters of Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico
Latitude30.406909
Longitude-88.834705
Higher GeographyUSA; Mississippi

Record

Catalog Number27006
Occurrence IdURI:catalog:ROM:Ichthyology:27006

Record Source

Source Royal Ontario Museum (type: specimens)
Institution Royal Ontario Museum (type: museum)
Curator Mary Burridge
Record Added June 24, 2020
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 3
From Data Set Received April 2018

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 6

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Clupeiformes Clupeidae Brevoortia Brevoortia tyrannus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Aug. 4, 1968
Collector(s)
No collector information is available for this record.
Collecting Event ID 291498
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Ocean Springs, Coastal Waters of Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico
Hydrography South Atlantic-Gulf Region Pascagoula Pascagoula Mississippi Coastal Back Bay of Biloxi-Biloxi Bay Davis Bayou-Biloxi Bay
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Gulf Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
HUC 12 031700090606
Georeferencing Remarks locality name and coordinates copied directly from source
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.

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