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TCWC_3327.02

Not suspect, not examined
Balloonfish – Diodon holocanthus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 28.46560° N, 94.80323° W (± 70000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusDiodon
Speciesholocanthus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorChittenden M. E.
Collected Date1979.6.9

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityGulf of Mexico; Gulf of Mexico; Off 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 Tetraodontiformes Diodontidae Diodon Diodon holocanthus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected June 9, 1979
Collecting Event ID 19963
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Gulf of Mexico off Freeport
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC —
Georeferencing Remarks Treated as continental shelf of Gulf off Freeport. Point placed along a line perpendicular to the coast mid-way to edge of continental shelf.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —

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