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TCWC_6406.01

Not suspect, not examined
Mexican Tetra – Astyanax argentatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 25.34065° N, 99.58225° W (± 45 m)

Taxonomy

GenusAstyanax
Speciesmexicanus

Specimen

Num Specimens15

Collection Event

CollectorKelsch, S. and S. Smith
Collected Date1985.7.10

Geography

CountryMexico
StateNuevo León
LocalityRio Pilon; Rio Pilon (San Juan Dr.) near La Union

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 1
From Data Set Received 11/1997 to 05/2006

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 15

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Characiformes Characidae Astyanax Astyanax argentatus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments GIS-based name change, no examination | ID updated based on taxonomic revision for this species/location
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected July 10, 1985
Collecting Event ID 21759
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction General Teran, Nuevo León
Name Unknown
Hydrography
USGS HUC Mexico Mexico 24 R. Pilón
HydroBASINS   7521 752122 75212240 7521224013 752122401300
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC 8 MEXH24Bh
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: Point placed on major road (unnamed) crossing of Rio Pilon, near La Union. Uncertainty includes all of La Union 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: 15
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: -99.58225, 25.34065
GBIF latlong_remarks: Point placed on major road (unnamed) crossing of Rio Pilon, near La Union. Uncertainty includes all of La Union vicinity.
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.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 7/10/1985-7/10/1985
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Kelsch, Steven W. Smith, S.
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: Mexico
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Steven W. Kelsch, S. Smith
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 7/10/1985-7/10/1985
georeference March 27, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: GLMGeographic note: Inland Mexico Nuevo León

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