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TU_11776

Not suspect, examined
Least Puffer Sphoeroides parvus
NS G5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.83839° N, 97.04741° W (± 12083.0 m)

Taxonomy

GenusSphoeroides
Speciessp.

Specimen

Num Specimens0

Identification

DeterminerR.D. Suttkus/1954

Collection Event

CollectorE.B. Joseph
Collected Date1954.6.7

Geography

DrainageSan Antonio-Nueces
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyAransas
LocalityAransas Pass.

Record Source

Source Tulane Museum of Natural History (type: specimens)
Institution Tulane Museum of Natural History (type: museum)
Curator Henry L. Bart
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified July 27, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 1
From Data Set Received 11/1997 to 05/2006

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count No data

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Sphoeroides Sphoeroides parvus
Determiner Floyd Douglas Martin
Determination Date Oct. 26, 2010
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments ID complete
Identification Confidence High

Collecting Event

Collected June 7, 1954
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 192
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Nueces, Texas
Name Aransas Pass
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Corpus Christi Bay Frontal Corpus Christi Bay Frontal Corpus Christi Bay
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
HUC 12 121102020200
Georeferencing Remarks
Georeferencing Annotation Georeference modified to rule out possibility of locality being within town of Aransas Pass (extent, main component altered - only reaches to coast of city). This is due to the presence of an obligate marine species in lot.
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 6/7/1954-6/7/1954
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Joseph, E.B.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: E.B. Joseph
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 6/7/1954-6/7/1954
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: Specimen examined and ID'ed for FoTX projectID Confidence: high
Georef Annotation: Georeference modified to rule out possibility of locality being within town of Aransas Pass (extent, main component altered - only reaches to coast of city). This is due to the presence of an obligate marine species in lot.
georeference October 19, 2010
Error: 12082.9547519482
Remarks: Georeference modified to rule out possibility of locality being within town of Aransas Pass (extent, main component altered - only reaches to coast of city). This is due to the presence of an obligate marine species in lot.
Locality: Aransas PassCoordinates: 27.838389887;-97.047410079Georeferencer: MJCGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Georeference modified to rule out possibility of locality being within town of Aransas Pass (extent, main component altered - only reaches to coast of city). This is due to the presence of an obligate marine species in lot.

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