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TCWC_10013.01

Not suspect, not examined
False Silverstripe Halfbeak – Hyporhamphus meeki

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.28021° N, 94.86201° W (± 3070.6 m)

Taxonomy

GenusHyporhamphus
Speciesunifasciatus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Identification

DeterminerPulley, T.E./1948

Collection Event

CollectorPulley, T.E.
Collected Date1948.10.1

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyGalveston
LocalityGulf of Mexico; Offats Bayou, Galveston

Record Source

Source Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collections (type: specimens)
Institution Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collections (type: museum)
Curator Kevin W. Conway
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified July 27, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus Hyporhamphus meeki
Determiner Floyd Douglas Martin
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments Specimen not examined; H. unifasciatus in TX are here changed to meeki (as per Banford and Collette(1993)Proc.Bio.Soc.Wash 106(2):371 also described in FAO Species ID Guide for Fishery Purposes (ISSN 1020-6868); unifasciatus is a valid species name and could threoretically occur in/off Texas, but we make this global change assumeing all these to be meeki.
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Oct. 1, 1948
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 4592
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Galveston, Texas
Name Offatts Bayou
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Galveston Bay-San Jacinto Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake West Galveston Bay Dickinson Bayou Dickinson Bayou
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
HUC 12 120402040200
Georeferencing Remarks —
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 10/1/1948-10/1/1948
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Pulley, T.E.
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: Lot determined without examination of specimens
ID Comments: Specimen not examined; H. unifasciatus in TX are here changed to meeki (as per Banford and Collette(1993)Proc.Bio.Soc.Wash 106(2):371 also described in FAO Species ID Guide for Fishery Purposes (ISSN 1020-6868); unifasciatus is a valid species name and could threoretically occur in/off Texas, but we make this global change assumeing all these to be meeki.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: T.E. Pulley
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 10/1/1948-10/1/1948
georeference March 29, 2007
Error: 3070.62835198683Locality: Offatts BayouCoordinates: 29.280205181;-94.862014611Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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