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TNHCi_10519

Not suspect, examined
Ladyfish – Elops saurus
NS G5 NS S4

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.65718° N, 97.40157° W (± 56.3 m)

Taxonomy

GenusElops
Speciessaurus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorPezold, F. and D. Mosier
Collected Date1980.5.9

Geography

DrainageNueces-Rio Grande
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyNueces
LocalityOso Creek at State Hwy 2444

Record Source

Source Texas Natural History Collections (type: specimens)
Institution Texas Natural History Collections (type: museum)
Curator Dean Hendrickson
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified March 23, 2026
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Elopiformes Elopidae Elops Elops saurus
Determiner Floyd Douglas Martin
Determination Date Feb. 14, 2011
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments Specimen examined and Id'ed for FoTX project. | total myomeres 79 or 80; preanal myomeres 61 (low for Elops, in Albula range); the total myomere count is 6 myomeres too high for Albula so I am going with Elops saurus
Identification Confidence Medium

Collecting Event

Collected May 10, 1980
Collecting Event ID 7779
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Nueces, Texas
Name Oso Creek at SH 2444
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Corpus Christi Bay Oso Creek Cabaniss Field Naval Outlying Landing Field-Oso Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies
HUC 12 121102020104
Georeferencing Remarks —
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
staff comment July 31, 2012
not currently verified
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 5/10/1980-5/10/1980
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Pezold, Frank L. Mosier, Doyle M.
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Frank Pezold, Doyle M. Mosier
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 5/9/1980-5/9/1980
staff comment February 3, 2011
not currently verified
georeference April 10, 2007
Error: 56.3477664002254Locality: Oso Creek at SH 2444Coordinates: 27.657178946;-97.401565537Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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