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TNHCi_4916

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

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Map

Location 27.98172° N, 99.93260° W (± 25000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLepisosteus
Speciesosseus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorTrevino
Collected Date1954.8.4

Geography

CountryUSA
StateTexas
CountyWebb
LocalityBig Ford Ranch

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 osseus
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: 59; *note for SL measurements that gar have heterocercal tails - all length measurements are based on SL and are approximate; MinSL(mm): 161; MaxSL(mm): ; Jar: 32 oz; Specimen condition: good; Mutations: none; Count Male: ; Count female: ; Extern parasites: n
Identification Confidence High

Collecting Event

Collected Aug. 5, 1954
Collecting Event ID 7526
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region South Texas Brush Country
Jurisdiction Webb, Texas
Name Bigford Ranch
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Rio Grande-Falcon Rio Grande-Falcon San Ambrosia-Santa Isabel Chacon Creek-Rio Grande San Ygnacio Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub
HUC 12 130800022803
Georeferencing Remarks Location of Bigford Ranch found at: https://transboundary.tamu.edu/media/1166/1922_trowbridge_1922.pdf
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 8/5/1954-8/5/1954
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Trevino, D.B. Trevino, D. Ferries, D.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: D. Trevino
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 8/4/1954-8/4/1954
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: NAGeoref Remark: Assumed measured by stream starting at SH 418 in Georgetown
georeference August 9, 2006
Error: 3250.87487998605Remarks: Assumed measured by stream starting at SH 418 in GeorgetownLocality: North Fork San Gabriel River, 5 miles west of GeorgetownCoordinates: 30.677645058;-97.739190573Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Assumed measured by stream starting at SH 418 in Georgetown

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