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TNHCi_12100

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

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 28.40080° N, 101.68319° W (± 18509 m)

Taxonomy

GenusPrietella
Speciesphreatophila

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Identification

DeterminerSJ Walsh 1992

Collection Event

CollectorMinton; et al.
Collected Date1986.3.14

Geography

CountryMexico
StateCoahuila
CountyUnknown
LocalityCave, 40 mi. NW Musquiz.

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 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 March 15, 1986
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 26480
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Zaragoza, Coahuila
Name Unknown
Hydrography Mexico Mexico 24 R. Álamos
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC 8 MEXH24Df
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. | GBIF latlong_remarks: Measured by road (MEX 20). Hard to determine caves on maps, so point placed on stream/road crossing nearest measured distance.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
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: -96.386651, 28.409198
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: 3/15/1986-3/15/1986
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Minton
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: Minton
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 3/14/1986-3/14/1986
georeference March 27, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: GLMGeographic note: Inland Mexico Coahuila

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