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TNHCi_28211

Not suspect, not examined
West Texas Shiner – Notropis megalops
SGCN NS GNR NS SNR

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 30.21617° N, 101.55893° W (± 8059.6 m)

Taxonomy

GenusNotropis
Speciesamabilis

Specimen

Num Specimens21

Collection Event

CollectorIchthyology Class 1967
Collected Date1967.3.11

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyVal Verde
LocalityHoward's Creek

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 21

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Notropis Notropis megalops
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 March 11, 1967
Collecting Event ID 10077
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Val Verde, Texas
Name Howard Draw in Val Verde County
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Lower Pecos Lower Pecos Howard Draw Lower Howard Draw Perkins Draw-Howard Draw
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Semiarid Edwards Plateau
HUC 12 130700110308
Georeferencing Remarks Original georeference from locality ID#17577
Georeferencing Annotation Howard Draw, not Howard creek
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 3/11/1967-3/11/1967
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Mecham, J. Ichthyology Class 1967
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Ichthyology class
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 3/11/1967-3/11/1967
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 Annotation: Howard Draw, not Howard creek
georeference June 12, 2007
Error: 8059.59475196542Remarks: Howard Draw, not Howard creekLocality: Howard Draw in Val Verde CountyCoordinates: 30.216171802;-101.558926059Georeferencer: BJLGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Howard Draw, not Howard creek

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