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TCWC_10205.01

Not suspect, not examined
Red Goatfish Mullus auratus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.26274° N, 95.77082° W (± 24140.1 m)

Taxonomy

GenusMullus
Speciesauratus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorPulley, T.E.
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityGulf of Mexico; Gulf of Mexico, 60-90 miles South Port Aransas, Texas

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 June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Mullidae Mullus Mullus auratus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments Specimen not examined; ID derived from synonymization to GBIF backbone and synonyms in FoTX taxonomy | derived from effort to match GBIF backbone and FoTX synonyms
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1947 – Dec. 31, 1955
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 13165
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Gulf of Mexico, 60 to 90 miles off Port Aransas
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Corpus Christi Bay Frontal Corpus Christi Bay Frontal Corpus Christi Bay
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC 12 121102020200
Georeferencing Remarks Point placed in Gulf on line perpendicular from coast line 75 miles out. Error includes area 60 to 90 miles out.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
verbatim data June 30, 2021
Count of specimens retrieved from GBIF and applied to verbatim data: 1
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 45
Remarks: Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution.
Coordinates: -97.0825, 27.83083GBIF latlong_remarks: Coordinates provided by collector
Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1947-12/31/1955
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Pulley, T.E.
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: NANot Georeferenced Because: Marine
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: T.E. Pulley
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1947-12/31/1955
georeference March 29, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: JLGeographic note: Marine USA Texas

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