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TNHCi_2646

Not suspect, not examined
Mexican Tetra Astyanax argentatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.89053° N, 97.93405° W (± 68.5 m)

Taxonomy

GenusAstyanax
Speciesmexicanus

Specimen

Num Specimens3

Collection Event

CollectorStrawn; Pyburn
Collected Date1952.5.2

Geography

DrainageGuadalupe
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyHays
LocalitySan Marcos River, below Ice Plant dam, San Marcos

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 Characiformes Characidae Astyanax Astyanax argentatus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date Feb. 11, 2016
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments GIS-based name change, no examination | ID updated based on taxonomic revision for this species/location
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected May 3, 1952
Collecting Event ID 7075
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Blackland Prairies
Jurisdiction Hays, Texas
Name San Marcos River at Spring Lake Dam
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Central Texas Coastal Guadalupe San Marcos Upper San Marcos River Purgatory Creek-San Marcos River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Northern Blackland Prairie
HUC 12 121002030302
Georeferencing Remarks Treated as Spring Lake Dam. Based on web search (http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/sanmarcos.html) it is known that an ice plant did exist on Spring Lake dam.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 5/3/1952-5/3/1952
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Strawn, Kirk R. Pyburn, W.F.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Kirk R. Strawn, W.F. Pyburn
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 5/2/1952-5/2/1952
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 Spring Lake Dam. Based on web search (http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/sanmarcos.html) it is known that an ice plant did exist on Spring Lake dam.
georeference September 11, 2006
Error: 68.5263552002741
Remarks: Treated as Spring Lake Dam. Based on web search (http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/sanmarcos.html) it is known that an ice plant did exist on Spring Lake dam.
Locality: San Marcos River at Spring Lake DamCoordinates: 29.89053024;-97.934053679Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Treated as Spring Lake Dam. Based on web search (http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/sanmarcos.html) it is known that an ice plant did exist on Spring Lake dam.

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