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TNHCi_24938

Not suspect, not examined
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 26.02356° N, 97.73111° W (± 153 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLepomis
Speciesmacrochirus

Specimen

Num Specimens3

Identification

DeterminerR. Kleinsasser 1997

Collection Event

CollectorSanders, Carrier, Linam
Collected Date1993.1.14

Geography

DrainageRio Grande
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyHidalgo
LocalityRio Grande @ Los Idios, 6.3 km downstream from San Benito pumping plant & 15.3 km SW of San Benito at river km 155.8

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 3

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Centrarchidae Lepomis Lepomis macrochirus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 15, 1993
Collecting Event ID 7435
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region South Texas Brush Country
Jurisdiction Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Name Rio Grande, 6.3 kilometers downstream of San Benito Pumping Station
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Lower Rio Grande Lower Rio Grande Lower Rio Grande Clark Bend-Rio Grande Loyd Bend-Rio Grande
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain
HUC 12 130900020403
Georeferencing Remarks Measured by stream
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/15/1993-1/15/1993
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Saunders, Kenneth Carrier, Linam, Gordon
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Kenneth Saunders, Carrier, Gordon Linam
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/14/1993-1/14/1993
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: NAGeoref Remark: Measured by stream
georeference April 24, 2008
Error: 153Remarks: Measured by streamLocality: Rio Grande River, 6.3 kilometers downstream of San Benito Pumping StationCoordinates: 26.023560182;-97.731110532Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Measured by stream

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