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TNHCi_19231

Not suspect, not examined
Scrawled Cowfish Acanthostracion quadricornis

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 21.21754° N, 91.62202° W (± 130000 m)

Taxonomy

FamilyOstraciidae
GenusAcanthostracion
Speciesquadricornis

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorGoette, Cliff
Collected Date00/Jan/1951-00/Jan/1951
Field NumberZ19231
Depth6-10 fms

Geography

CountryMexico
StateCampeche
LocalityCampeche Banks, off Champoton

Other

Min Sl0
Max Sl0
QuestionableNo
CurrentYes
NoIMS0592
SalinityM
GearTrawl
RemarksDate originally entered as 14 Feb 1954 but IMS label and ledger list date as January 1951 and this record has been updated accordingly. Trawler San Jacinto

Record Source

Source Texas Natural History Collections (type: specimens)
Institution Texas Natural History Collections (type: museum)
Curator Dean Hendrickson
Record Added April 23, 2015
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 Tetraodontiformes Ostraciidae Acanthostracion Acanthostracion quadricornis
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1951 – Jan. 31, 1951
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 35331
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Campeche Banks
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC
Georeferencing Remarks Campeche Banks appears to be a collection of reefs. Approximate location found in figure 1 here (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030144)
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 130000
Remarks: Campeche Banks appears to be a collection of reefs. Approximate location found in figure 1 here (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030144)
Locality: Campeche BanksCoordinates: -91.622017, 21.217536Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
Campeche Banks appears to be a collection of reefs. Approximate location found in figure 1 here (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030144)
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1951-1/31/1951
date May 23, 2012
date_range: 1\1\1951-1\31\1951
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Goette, Cliff

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