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TNHCi_33138(2)

Not suspect, examined
Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.25442° N, 100.75089° W (± 16460.4 m)

Taxonomy

FamilyCyprinidae
GenusDionda
Speciesepiscopa

Specimen

Num Specimens62

Collection Event

CollectorWood and party
Collected Date1970.4.25-1970.4.25
Field Numberz33138

Geography

CountryUSA
StateTexas
CountyKinney
Locality24.3mi. N.W. Quemado, Sycamore Creek

Other

QuestionableNo
CurrentYes
NoTAIC 2703
YearEH/2006
SalinityF

Record Source

Source Texas Natural History Collections (type: specimens)
Institution Texas Natural History Collections (type: museum)
Curator Dean Hendrickson
Record Added April 23, 2015
Record Last Modified March 23, 2026
Data Processing Track Track 1
From Data Set Received 11/1997 to 05/2006

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 62

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae Gambusia Gambusia affinis
Determiner Floyd Douglas Martin
Determination Date Feb. 11, 2016
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments Specimen examined and Id'ed for FoTX project. | good quality; no external parasites
Identification Confidence High

Collecting Event

Collected April 25, 1970
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 17007
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Edwards Plateau
Jurisdiction Kinney, Texas
Name Jct. US Hwy 277 and Sycamore Creek
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Rio Grande-Falcon Rio Grande-Falcon Elm-Sycamore Sacatosa Creek-Sycamore Creek Mud Creek-Sycamore Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub
HUC 12 130800010407
Georeferencing Remarks Assumed the Jct. of US Hwy 277 and Sycamore Creek, however, also mapped a point by air at 24.3 mi NW of Quemado on the creek and used the distance between these points as the extent, error calculated as distance at a heading.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because

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