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TCWC_5144.01

Not suspect, not examined
Mexican Blindcat Prietella phreatophila
TX Endangered SGCN Federal: Endangered NS GNR NS S1

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.83982° N, 101.54820° W (± 45 m)

Taxonomy

GenusPrietella
Speciesphreatophila

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Identification

DeterminerS. Kelsch/1984

Collection Event

CollectorKelsch and Hendricks
Collected Date1984.11.6

Geography

CountryMexico
StateCoahuila
LocalityAt Socavan, 3.2 mi W Plaza in Melchoir Muzquiz on Cinco de Mayo Rd

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 July 27, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 1
From Data Set Received 11/1997 to 05/2006

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Siluriformes Ictaluridae Prietella Prietella phreatophila
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Nov. 6, 1984
Collecting Event ID 21698
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Muzquiz, Coahuila
Name Unknown
Hydrography Mexico Mexico 24 R. Sabinas
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC 8 MEXH24De
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: El Socavan is named place found at: http://gaia.inegi.org.mx/mdm5/viewer.html#
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because

Comments On TCWC_5144.01

Adam Cohen Feb. 7, 2023, 11:19 a.m.
Note from Kevin Conway received Feb 7, 2023 regarding specimen examination: ID is correct. 26.8 mm SL; specimen is soft, eviscerated, large chunk of tissue removed from right side above anal-fin (exposing V-column)