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TCWC_1637.01

Not suspect, not examined
Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber
NS G5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.27472° N, 94.84695° W (± 45 m)

Taxonomy

GenusChaetodipterus
Speciesfaber

Specimen

Num Specimens2

Collection Event

CollectorReid and Crew
Collected Date1956.2.12

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityGulf of Mexico; Gulf of Mexico, 10 miles offshore between Galveston and Freeport

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 Ephippidae Chaetodipterus Chaetodipterus faber
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Feb. 12, 1956
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 18802
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Galveston, Texas
Name Unknown
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 Unknown
HUC 12 120402040200
Georeferencing 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. | GBIF latlong_remarks: Georeferenced by LLT/2000 using USGS GNIS website
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
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: -94.84695, 29.27472GBIF latlong_remarks: Georeferenced by LLT/2000 using USGS GNIS website
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.
verbatim data June 30, 2021
Count of specimens retrieved from GBIF and applied to verbatim data: 1
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 2/12/1956-2/12/1956
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Reid, Crew
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Reid, Crew
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
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 2/12/1956-2/12/1956
georeference March 29, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: JLGeographic note: Marine USA Texas

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