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TNHCi_29538

Not suspect, not examined
Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
NS G5 NS S5

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Map

Location 28.23534° N, 96.92427° W (± 3875.3 m)

Taxonomy

GenusMegalops
Speciesatlanticus

Specimen

Num Specimens3

Collection Event

CollectorChaney and party
Collected Date1981.10.8

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyAransas
LocalityAransas National Wildlife Reuge; Big Devil's Bayou

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 Elopiformes Megalopidae Megalops Megalops atlanticus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Oct. 8, 1981
Collecting Event ID 9305
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Aransas, Texas
Name Big Devil Bayou
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Central Texas Coastal Central Texas Coastal Aransas Bay Saint Charles Bay Big Devil Bayou
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
HUC 12 121004050307
Georeferencing Remarks
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 10/8/1981-10/8/1981
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Chaney, Allan H.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Chaney
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 10/8/1981-10/8/1981
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 March 12, 2007
Error: 3875.30035198337Locality: Big Devil BayouCoordinates: 28.235338795;-96.924274762Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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