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TNHCi_19300

Not suspect, not examined
Checkered Puffer Sphoeroides testudineus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

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

Taxonomy

FamilyTetraodontidae
GenusSphoeroides
Speciestestudineus

Specimen

Num Specimens2

Collection Event

CollectorHildebrand, H.
Collected Date1951.2.10-1951.2.10
Field NumberZ19300
Depth6-9 fms

Geography

CountryMexico
StateCampeche
LocalityCampeche Banks, Campeche to Champoton

Other

Min Sl0
Max Sl0
QuestionableNo
CurrentYes
NoIMS0630
Remarkscount changed from n=1 to n=2 during 2007 inventory
SalinityM
GearTrawl
Remarkstrawler 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 2

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Sphoeroides Sphoeroides testudineus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date Feb. 11, 2016
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments Specimen not examined; ID derived from synonymization to GBIF backbone and synonyms in FoTX taxonomy | derived from effort to match GBIF backbone and FoTX synonyms
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Feb. 10, 1951
Collecting Event ID 35432
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

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