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TNHCi_29880

Not suspect, not examined
Longear Sunfish – Lepomis aquilensis

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.85178° N, 100.02320° W (± 24957.7 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLepomis
Speciesmegalotis

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorNorris, C. G. Linam, and A. El-Hage
Collected Date2003.10.17

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyReal
LocalityNueces River, Morris Springs

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 Perciformes Centrarchidae Lepomis Lepomis aquilensis
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Oct. 17, 2003
Collecting Event ID 10539
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Edwards Plateau
Jurisdiction Real, Texas
Name Nueces River
Hydrography
USGS HUC Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Nueces Nueces Headwaters Headwaters Nueces River Ruth Draw Nueces River
HydroBASINS   7519 751968 75196800 7519680050 751968005000
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Balcones Canyonlands
HUC 12 121101010301
Georeferencing Remarks Can\'t find head spring of waterfall so treated as Nueces River limited to Real County.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 10/17/2003-10/17/2003
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Norris, Chad Linam, Gordon El-Hage, Albert
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: C. Norris, Gordon Linam, Albert El-Hage
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 10/17/2003-10/17/2003
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: NAGeoref Remark: Can't find Morris Spring so treated as Nueces River.
georeference January 2, 2007
Error: 24957.7067518929Remarks: Can't find Morris Spring so treated as Nueces River.Locality: Nueces RiverCoordinates: 29.85177741;-100.023196334Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Can't find Morris Spring so treated as Nueces River.

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