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USNM_127100

Not suspect, examined
Southern Kingfish Menticirrhus americanus
NS GNR

Photos

Map

Location 27.76163° N, 97.39941° W (± 17715.7 m)

Taxonomy

GenusMenticirrhus

Collection Event

CollectorI. Ginsburg
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityTex: Corpus Christi

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 Perciformes Sciaenidae Menticirrhus Menticirrhus americanus
Determiner Floyd Douglas Martin
Determination Date July 22, 2010
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments ID complete | pectorals not reaching beyond anal fin; 7 anal rays; dorsal spines not reaching 4th soft dorsal ray when folded back
Identification Confidence High

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1926 – Dec. 31, 1932
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 5724
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Nueces, Texas
Name Corpus Christi
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Corpus Christi Bay Oso Creek Oso Creek-Frontal Oso Bay
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies
HUC 12 121102020106
Georeferencing Remarks
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1926-12/31/1932
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Ginsburg, I.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: I. Ginsburg
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1926-12/31/1932
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: Specimen examined and ID'ed for FoTX project
ID Comments: pectorals not reaching beyond anal fin; 7 anal rays; dorsal spines not reaching 4th soft dorsal ray when folded back
ID Confidence: high
georeference March 1, 2007
Error: 17715.658751924Locality: Corpus ChristiCoordinates: 27.761625138;-97.399405689Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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