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TCWC_13479.01

Not suspect, not examined
Dusky Shark – Carcharhinus obscurus
NS G3 NS SNR

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.33239° N, 94.89759° W (± 4500 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCarcharhinus
Speciesobscurus

Specimen

Num Specimens1
Preparation70% EtOH

Identification

DeterminerJagger, R.

Collection Event

CollectorJagger, Robert
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUSA
StateTexas
CountyGalveston
LocalitySpecificLocality: Texas City
Latitude29,23,33,N
Longitude94,55,30,W

Other

RemarksOriginal catalog number from Strecker Museum: CF 00047
Acc Id1726
DateHLP/2007
Event RemarksLocality Remarks: Collected at Gulf of Mexico, 1 mile south of Texas City, Galveston County, Texas; caught with seine, 8:00am

Record Source

Source Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collections (type: specimens)
Institution Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collections (type: museum)
Curator Kevin W. Conway
Record Added April 23, 2015
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

Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus Carcharhinus obscurus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1830 – Dec. 31, 2010
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 18681
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Galveston, Texas
Name West Bay shore south of Texas City
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 Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies
HUC 12 120402040200
Georeferencing Remarks Assumed shorline since it was a seine effort. Point placed on shore south of Texas City and error includesTiki Island and Swan Lake. Assumed not Gulf of Mexico, but rather West Bay
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
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: -94.732778, 29.3325
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.
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
georeference July 12, 2012
Error: 4197.15872Remarks: Original georefernce taken from locality ID#17154 0Locality: Texas CityCoordinates: 29.3926;-94.91728Georferencer: MJCGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Original georefernce taken from locality ID#17154 0
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1830-12/31/2010
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Jagger, Robert

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