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TNHCi_27931

Not suspect, not examined
Smooth Puffer Lagocephalus laevigatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.85455° N, 97.42417° W (± 9668.9 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLagocephalus
Specieslaevigatus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorMambretti, J.
Collected Date00/Oct/1980

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyNueces
LocalityNueces Bay

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 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Lagocephalus Lagocephalus laevigatus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Oct. 1, 1980 – Oct. 31, 1980
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 10518
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Nueces, Texas
Name Nueces Bay
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal North Corpus Christi Bay Nueces Bay-Corpus Christi Bay Nueces Bay
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
HUC 12 121102010004
Georeferencing Remarks
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 10/1/1980-10/31/1980
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Mambretti, Jerry
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Jerry Mambretti
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 10/1/1980-10/31/1980
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
georeference April 10, 2007
Error: 9668.93875195851Locality: Nueces BayCoordinates: 27.854551723;-97.424166489Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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