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TNHCi_29868

Not suspect, not examined
Mexican Tetra – Astyanax argentatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.83132° N, 99.59361° W (± 189.1 m)

Taxonomy

GenusAstyanax
Speciesmexicanus

Specimen

Num Specimens33

Collection Event

CollectorNorris, C., and A. El-Hage
Collected Date2003.9.30

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyReal
LocalityWishing Well Springs / Can Creek at Lost Maples S.N.A.

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 33

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 Sept. 30, 2003
Collecting Event ID 11493
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Edwards Plateau
Jurisdiction Bandera, Texas
Name Wishing Well Springs
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Nueces Upper Frio Upper Sabinal River Brushy Creek-Sabinal River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Balcones Canyonlands
HUC 12 121101060602
Georeferencing Remarks Wishing Well Springs coordinates found on internet (http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/GroundWaterReports/GWDatabaseReports/Database%20in%20ASCII/Bandera/weldta.txt) and fed into the error calculator for error.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 9/30/2003-9/30/2003
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Norris, Chad El-Hage, Albert
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: C. Norris, Albert El-Hage
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 9/30/2003-9/30/2003
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: Wishing Well Springs coordinates found on internet (http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/GroundWaterReports/GWDatabaseReports/Database%20in%20ASCII/Bandera/weldta.txt) and fed into the error calculator for error.
georeference September 10, 2007
Error: 189.067
Remarks: Wishing Well Springs coordinates found on internet (http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/GroundWaterReports/GWDatabaseReports/Database%20in%20ASCII/Bandera/weldta.txt) and fed into the error calculator for error.
Locality: Wishing Well SpringsCoordinates: 29.831319004;-99.59360546Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Wishing Well Springs coordinates found on internet (http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/GroundWaterReports/GWDatabaseReports/Database%20in%20ASCII/Bandera/weldta.txt) and fed into the error calculator for error.

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