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TCWC_10275.01

Not suspect, not examined
False Silverstripe Halfbeak – Hyporhamphus meeki

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.44590° N, 94.91765° W (± 2909.7 m)

Taxonomy

GenusHyporhamphus
Speciesunifasciatus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorCollier, A. C.
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyGalveston
LocalityGulf of Mexico; Galveston Bay, Moses Lake

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 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 Jan. 1, 1932 – Dec. 31, 1953
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 4054
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Galveston, Texas
Name Galveston Bay at Moses Lake
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 Point is placed at tide gate and extent runs to Dollar Point
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1932-12/31/1953
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Collier, Albert C.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Albert C Collier
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1932-12/31/1953
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.
Georef Remark: Point is placed at tide gate and extent runs to Dollar Point
georeference April 3, 2007
Error: 2909.69395198752Remarks: Point is placed at tide gate and extent runs to Dollar PointLocality: Galveston Bay at Moses LakeCoordinates: 29.445899516;-94.917646274Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Point is placed at tide gate and extent runs to Dollar Point

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