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TNHCi_48984

Not suspect, not examined
Whitespotted Soapfish Rypticus maculatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 25.94721° N, 97.44828° W (± 15087.6 m)

Taxonomy

FamilySerranidae
GenusRypticus
Speciesmaculatus

Specimen

Num Specimens1
PreparationFluid - 1

Identification

Identification Remarksoriginally ID'd as Epinephelus drummondhayi, redetermined to be R. maculatus
Identified ByMartin, Floyd
Date Identified2011.12.27

Collection Event

CollectorForbes, M.
Collected Date1965.5.31
Field Numberz48984
Event Remarks25 fathoms; no county info provided

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCameron
LocalityNE Brownsville
Latitude25.947212
Longitude-97.448279
DatumWGS84
Error15087.60469

Georeferencing

Georeference RemarksFound next nearest named place NE of Brownsville (Port Isabel) and treated as named place undefined area. Error is half the distance from Brownsville to Port Isabel.

Record Source

Source Texas Natural History Collections (type: specimens)
Institution Texas Natural History Collections (type: museum)
Curator Dean Hendrickson
Record Added June 24, 2020
Record Last Modified March 23, 2026
Data Processing Track Track 3
From Data Set Received 5/2017 to 11/2017

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Serranidae Rypticus Rypticus maculatus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected May 31, 1965
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 288076
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Cameron, Texas
Name NE Brownsville
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Laguna Madre Brownsville Ship Channel Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain
HUC 12 121102080900
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference needs verification/refinement; coordinates provided by donor
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because This record, being part of the track 3 import, is not formally georeferenced by FoTX staff at this time. However, to allow mapping and visualization of this record, locality information has been provisionally accepted if provided by the donor or if location text could be matched to previously georeferenced records by FoTX team or donor data. For many records spatial error is either accepted from the donor (when provided) or derived based on coordinate precision.

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