A Virtual Museum on the State's Fish Biodiversity

TNHCi_4109

Not suspect, examined
Longnose Gar – Lepisosteus osseus
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

Map

Location 29.55860° N, 104.46738° W (± 1691 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLepisosteus
Speciesosseus

Specimen

Num Specimens4

Collection Event

CollectorHubbs, C. and V. Springer
Collected Date1954.6.13

Geography

DrainageRio Bravo
CountryMexico
StateChihuahua
CountyUnknown
LocalityRio Conchos, 4 mi. W Rio Grande, Sierras Naevas

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 4

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Lepisosteiformes Lepisosteidae Lepisosteus Lepisosteus osseus
Determiner Valerie Gawenda Bugh
Determination Date Feb. 11, 2016
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments Specimen examined and Id'ed for FoTX project. | ID notes: lateral line scales: 58; *note for SL measurements that gar have heterocercal tails - all length measurements are based on SL and are approximate; MinSL(mm): 145.95; MaxSL(mm): 190; Jar: 32 oz; Specimen condition: good; Mutations: none; Count Male: ; Count female: ; Extern parasites: n
Identification Confidence High

Collecting Event

Collected June 14, 1954
Collecting Event ID 30201
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Ojinaga, Chihuahua
Name Unknown
Hydrography Mexico Mexico 24 R. Conchos - Ojinaga
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC 8 MEXH24Ja
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. | GBIF latlong_remarks: Tierra Nuevas, not Sierra Naevas Treated as measured distance. Measured along road. Also confirmed locality of Tierra Nuevas, which falls at measured distance, along R
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 1691
Remarks: Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project.
Coordinates: -104.46738, 29.5586
GBIF latlong_remarks: Tierra Nuevas, not Sierra Naevas Treated as measured distance. Measured along road. Also confirmed locality of Tierra Nuevas, which falls at measured distance, along R
Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 6/14/1954-6/14/1954
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Hubbs, Clark Springer, Victor G.
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: NANot Georeferenced Because: Mexico
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Clark Hubbs, Victor G. Springer
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 6/13/1954-6/13/1954
georeference April 13, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland Mexico Chihuahua

Comments On TNHCi_4109

No comments have been posted yet.