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TCWC_206.01

Not suspect, not examined
Smalltail Shark Carcharhinus porosus
Federal: Under Review NS GNR NS SNR

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 28.95389° N, 95.35944° W (± 45 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCarcharhinus
Speciesporosus

Specimen

Num Specimens2

Collection Event

Collected Date08/*/1974

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityGulf of Mexico; Off Freeport: El Dorado Oil Rig

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

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

Collecting Event

Collected Aug. 1, 1974 – Aug. 31, 1974
Collector(s)
No collector information is available for this record.
Collecting Event ID 19353
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Brazoria, Texas
Name Unknown
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Galveston Bay-San Jacinto Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake Austin-Oyster Lower Oyster Creek Lower Oyster Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC 12 120402050400
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

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