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USNM_126

Not suspect, not examined
Plateau Shiner Cyprinella lepida
TX Threatened SGCN Federal: Under Review NS G1 NS S2

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.23556° N, 99.68207° W (± 2000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCyprinella
Specieslepida

Collection Event

CollectorKennerly
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityRio Firo, Tex.

Record Source

Source National Museum of Natural History (type: specimens)
Institution National Museum of Natural History (type: museum)
Curator Lynne Parenti
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified June 22, 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 Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Cyprinella Cyprinella lepida
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1854 – Dec. 31, 1854
Collecting Event ID 112
Collecting Event Notes For collection information see: Girard 1859 Ichthyology of the Boundary. U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey Rep. 2:1-85. Evermann & Kendall 1894 The fishes of Texas and the Rio Grande… US Government Printing Office
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region South Texas Brush Country
Jurisdiction Uvalde, Texas
Name Frio River
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Nueces Upper Frio Salt Creek-Frio River Spring Branch-Frio River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Northern Nueces Alluvial Plains
HUC 12 121101060402
Georeferencing Remarks Emory, W.H. 1857. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey. Volume 1, page 135, Table of Distances; assumed to be near 'Road from El Paso to San Antonio' on Boundary Survey maps.
Georeferencing Annotation Frio not Firo
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 30, 2021
note: For collection information see: Girard 1858 Part Four: Fishes. Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-6, Volume X
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1853
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 2000
Remarks: Emory, W.H. 1857. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey. Volume 1, page 135, Table of Distances; Collection assumed to be near 'Road from El Paso to San Antonio' on Boundary Survey maps
Locality: Frio RiverCoordinates: -99.682072, 29.235555Georeferencer: Gary Garrett
Emory, W.H. 1857. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey. Volume 1, page 135, Table of Distances; Collection assumed to be near 'Road from El Paso to San Antonio' on Boundary Survey maps
taxonomy/determination note July 28, 2014
call C. lepida, Adam will add determinations
flag (suspect/examine) July 28, 2014
mark for examination, but not suspect - call c. lepida
flag (suspect/examine) note June 18, 2014
This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1858
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Kennerly, C.B. Dr.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: C.B. Kennerly
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1858
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 Annotation: Frio not Firo
georeference June 27, 2007
Error: 96573.5147515857Remarks: Frio not FiroLocality: Frio River in TexasCoordinates: 29.222979381;-99.673765824Georeferencer: BJLGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Frio not Firo

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