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TCWC_1586.01

Not suspect, not examined
Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus
SGCN NS GNR NS SNR

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.59143° N, 96.44327° W (± 28000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLutjanus
Speciescampechanus

Specimen

Num Specimens2

Collection Event

CollectorNava, G.
Collected Date1948.8.1

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyAransas
LocalityGulf of Mexico; Gulf of Mexico, Snapper banks, 2 miles offshore from Pt. Aransas Jetty

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 2

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Lutjanidae Lutjanus Lutjanus campechanus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Aug. 1, 1948
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 18794
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Snapper Banks
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC
Georeferencing Remarks Couldn't find precise location online, but other locality descriptions in FoTX project indicate this is 34-40 miles SE of Port Aransas. Georeferenced area includes several small uplifted areas in this vicinity.
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: 2
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 28000
Remarks: Couldn't find precise location online, but other locality descriptions in FoTX project indicate this is 34-40 miles SE of Port Aransas. Georeferenced area includes several small uplifted areas in this vicinity.
Locality: Snapper BanksCoordinates: -96.443269, 27.591429Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
Couldn't find precise location online, but other locality descriptions in FoTX project indicate this is 34-40 miles SE of Port Aransas. Georeferenced area includes several small uplifted areas in this vicinity.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 8/1/1948-8/1/1948
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Nava, G.
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: G. Nava
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 8/1/1948-8/1/1948
georeference March 29, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: JLGeographic note: Marine USA Texas

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