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TNHCi_25751

Not suspect, not examined
Highfin Goby – Gobionellus oceanicus
NS GNR

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Map

Location 25.95602° N, 97.14608° W (± 1650.5 m)

Taxonomy

GenusGobionellus
Speciesoceanicus

Specimen

Num Specimens20

Collection Event

CollectorR. Edwards and class
Collected Date1998.10.31

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCameron
LocalityRio Grande at Boca Chica

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 20

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Gobiidae Gobionellus Gobionellus oceanicus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Oct. 31, 1998
Collecting Event ID 7738
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Mexico
Name Rio Grande at Boca Chica Beach
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Lower Rio Grande Lower Rio Grande Lower Rio Grande Outlet Rio Grande Outlet Rio Grande
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
HUC 12 130900020501
Georeferencing Remarks Treated as Rio Grande at Boca Chica Beach. Point is placed at mouth of Rio Grande and extent covers northward running US/Mexico border, which is likely an old river path, to coast.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 10/31/1998-10/31/1998
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Edwards, Robert John class
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: R. Edwards, class
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 10/31/1998-10/31/1998
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: NA
Georef Remark: Treated as Rio Grande at Boca Chica Beach. Point is placed at mouth of Rio Grande River and extent covers northward running US/Mexico border, which is likely an old river path, to coast.
georeference November 21, 2006
Error: 1650.4615200066
Remarks: Treated as Rio Grande at Boca Chica Beach. Point is placed at mouth of Rio Grande River and extent covers northward running US/Mexico border, which is likely an old river path, to coast.
Locality: Rio Grande River at Boca Chica BeachCoordinates: 25.956023681;-97.14607609Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Treated as Rio Grande at Boca Chica Beach. Point is placed at mouth of Rio Grande River and extent covers northward running US/Mexico border, which is likely an old river path, to coast.

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