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TNHCi_30349

Not suspect, examined
Spotted Gar – Lepisosteus oculatus
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

Map

Location 33.38218° N, 94.05332° W (± 3382.8 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLepisosteus
Speciesoculatus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorBowles, Kleinsasser, Linam
Collected Date2000.7.18

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyBowie
LocalityDays 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 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Lepisosteiformes Lepisosteidae Lepisosteus Lepisosteus oculatus
Determiner Melissa Casarez
Determination Date Feb. 11, 2016
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments Specimen examined and Id'ed for FoTX project. | ID notes: lateral line scales: 55; *note for SL measurements that gar have heterocercal tails - all length measurements are based on SL and are approximate; MinSL(mm): 161.5; MaxSL(mm): ; Jar: 32 oz; Specimen condition: good; Mutations: none; Count Male: ; Count female: ; Extern parasites: n
Identification Confidence Medium

Collecting Event

Collected July 18, 2000
Collecting Event ID 9636
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Piney Woods
Jurisdiction Bowie, Texas
Name Days Creek
Hydrography Arkansas-White-Red Region Red-Sulphur Big Cypress-Sulphur Lower Sulpher Sulphur River Outlet Middle Days Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Tertiary Uplands
HUC 12 111403020705
Georeferencing Remarks —
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
flag (suspect/examine) note June 18, 2014
This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 7/18/2000-7/18/2000
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Bowles, Kleinsasser, Roy Linam, Gordon
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 7/18/2000-7/18/2000
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
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Bowles, Roy Kleinsasser, Gordon Linam
georeference June 27, 2006
Error: 3382.84108798549Locality: Days CreekCoordinates: 33.382180926;-94.053320029Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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