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TNHCi_60161

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

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.33333° N, 94.74139° W (± 360 m)

Taxonomy

FamilyPoeciliidae
GenusGambusia
Speciesaffinis

Specimen

Num Specimens3
PreparationFluid - 3

Identification

Date Identified..

Collection Event

CollectorChen, Q.; Bosman, Ben; Gilbert, M. ; Grabowski, Tim; Massure, W.; Williams, H.; Pease, J.; Roesler, E.
Collected Date2014.5.23
Field NumberNRM5336-19-2014
Event RemarksThree large pools within the salt marsh habitat and the shoreline of Galveston Bay were sampled. The first pool was approximately 0.31 km in length and 0.05 km wide running east to west and located immediately N of Boddeker Rd. This pool was separated from the second pool by a 1.5 m tall concrete boulder wall on the north bank. The second pool was approximately 0.75 km wide and 0.50 m in length. The third pool habitat was located S of Boddeker Rd and was considerably smaller than the other two pools. The sampling location was just W of East Beach in Galveston, TX a popular tourist and fishing destination.

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyGalveston
LocalityEast Lagoon at Boddeker Rd
Latitude29.33333
Longitude-94.74139
DatumWGS84
Error360.0

Georeferencing

Georeference RemarksCoordinates provided by collector, Tim Grabowski. Error provided by collector.

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 3

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae Gambusia Gambusia affinis
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected May 23, 2014
Collecting Event ID 410062
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Galveston, Texas
Name East Lagoon at Boddeker Rd
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Galveston Bay-San Jacinto Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake West Galveston Bay Dickinson Bayou Dickinson Bayou
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
HUC 12 120402040200
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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