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TNHCi_2626

Not suspect, not examined
Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 32.31371° N, 101.42878° W (± 34858 m)

Taxonomy

GenusGambusia
Speciesaffinis

Specimen

Num Specimens2

Collection Event

CollectorTamsitt; Berry
Collected Date1952.2.29

Geography

DrainageColorado
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyHoward
LocalityPools 2 & 3 ca. .25 mi. E Rock Spring

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 2

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae Gambusia Gambusia affinis
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected March 1, 1952
Collecting Event ID 23690
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Howard, Texas
Name Unknown
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Upper Colorado Upper Colorado Beals Upper Beals Creek Big Sandy Draw-Beals Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC 12 120800070102
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. | GBIF latlong_remarks: Can't find 'Rock Spring' within county, so treated as: at Howard County
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 34858
Remarks: Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project.
Coordinates: -101.428775, 32.313708GBIF latlong_remarks: Can't find 'Rock Spring' within county, so treated as: at Howard County
Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 3/1/1952-3/1/1952
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Tamsitt, J. Berry
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: NANot Georeferenced Because: There are several Rock Springs in Texas, but none in Howard County.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: J. Tamsitt, Berry
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 2/29/1952-2/29/1952
georeference September 11, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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