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TNHCi_20587

Not suspect, not examined
Beardfish Polymixia lowei
NS G5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.95198° N, 95.47078° W (± 300000 m)

Taxonomy

FamilyPolymixiidae
GenusPolymixia
Specieslowei

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorTPWD, Henry Compton
Collected Date00/___/1967-00/___/1967
Field NumberZ20587
Depth200 fms

Geography

DrainageWaterBody: Gulf of Mexico
CountryUSA
StateTexas
LocalityOff Texas [trawler] Western Gulf #67-7

Other

Min Sl0
Max Sl0
QuestionableNo
CurrentYes
NoIMS2982
YearAAA
RemarksMSI teaching
SalinityM
Remarksno other date

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 Polymixiformes Polymixiidae Polymixia Polymixia lowei
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 Jan. 1, 1967 – Dec. 31, 1967
Collecting Event ID 36649
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Gulf of Mexico off Texas
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC
Georeferencing Remarks Point placed on mid-point of a line drawn from the mouths of the Sabine and Rio Grande rivers and error runs back to each.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because

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