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UMMZ_131166

Not suspect, examined
Least Puffer – Sphoeroides parvus
NS G5

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Map

Location 29.28790° N, 94.81356° W (± 5967.4 m)

Taxonomy

GenusSphoeroides
Speciessp.

Specimen

Num Specimens0

Identification

DeterminerHubbs

Collection Event

CollectorRice Institute
Collected Date1940.7.14

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyUnknown
LocalityGalveston

Record Source

Source University of Michigan (type: specimens)
Institution University of Michigan (type: university)
Curator William L. Fink
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified July 27, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count No data

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Sphoeroides Sphoeroides parvus
Determiner Floyd Douglas Martin
Determination Date July 16, 2010
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments ID complete | too small for lapets; no axil spot, but may be too small; 15 pectoral rays; prickles on head, body, and belly; only other Spheroides in TX with pectorals of 15 and prickles on whole body is S. dorsalis.
Identification Confidence Medium

Collecting Event

Collected July 14, 1940
Collecting Event ID 7783
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Galveston, Texas
Name Galveston
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 —
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 7/14/1940-7/14/1940
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Baughman, J.L. Rice Institute
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: J.L. Baughman, Rice Institute
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 7/14/1940-7/14/1940
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: Specimen examined and ID'ed for FoTX project
ID Comments: too small for lapets; no axil spot, but may be too small; 15 pectoral rays; prickles on head, body, and belly; only other Spheroides in TX with pectorals of 15 and prickles on whole body is S. dorsalis.
ID Confidence: medium
georeference March 1, 2007
Error: 5967.4475519744Locality: GalvestonCoordinates: 29.287904975;-94.813563393Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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