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TNHCi_7247

Not suspect, not examined
Amistad Gambusia Gambusia amistadensis
SGCN Federal: Delisted NS GX NS SX

Map

Location 29.53514° N, 101.25615° W (± 672.0 m)

Taxonomy

GenusGambusia
Speciesamistadensis

Specimen

Num Specimens65

Collection Event

CollectorConner; Zengerle
Collected Datenone

Geography

DrainageRio Grande
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyVal Verde
LocalityGood Enough Springs

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 65

Current Determination

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

Collecting Event

Collected April 11, 1968
Collecting Event ID 7832
Collecting Event Notes For collection dates see: Peden, Alex E. “Virtual Extinction of Gambusia Amistadensis n. Sp., a Poeciliid Fish from Texas.” Copeia, vol. 1973, no. 2, 1973, pp. 210–221. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1442959. Accessed 12 June 2020.
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Val Verde, Texas
Name Goodenough Spring run and Rio Grande
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Rio Grande-Amistad Rio Grande-Amistad Amistad Reservoir Rio Grande-Amistad Reservoir Live Oak Creek-Amistad Reservoir
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Chihuahuan Basins and Playas
HUC 12 130402121404
Georeferencing Remarks Area is now under Amistad Reservoir. Location of Goodenough Springs found in Springs of Texas (Brune, 1981). Area includes the spring downstream to the old river channel.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because

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