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TNHCi_35163

Not suspect, not 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

FamilyPoeciliidae
GenusGambusia
Speciesaffinis

Specimen

Num Specimens1

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
DataMultiple Lot Jar
CurrentYes
NoTAIC 2704
YearLC/2007
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 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae Gambusia Gambusia affinis
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

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 —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
flag (suspect/examine) note June 18, 2014
This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
flag (suspect/examine) July 2, 2012
possibly G. speciosa
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 4/25/1970-4/25/1970
date May 23, 2012
date_range: 4\25\1970-4\25\1970
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Wood

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