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USNM_149

Not suspect, not examined
Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Hybognathus amarus
TX Endangered SGCN Federal: Endangered; Experimental Population, Non-Essential NS G1 NS SX

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 25.89708° N, 97.49372° W (± 531.8 m)

Taxonomy

GenusAlgoma
Speciesamara

Collection Event

CollectorJ. Clark
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityLaguna Ft. Brown 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 Hybognathus Hybognathus amarus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1853 – Dec. 31, 1853
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 78
Collecting Event Notes For collection details 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 Cameron, Texas
Name Fort Brown Resaca
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Laguna Madre Brownsville Ship Channel Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain
HUC 12 121102080900
Georeferencing Remarks Fort Brown known to be in Brownsville as found on internet map (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg). Laguna in this description is thought to be refering to the resaca at Fort Brown.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
collectors June 30, 2021
note: Collection details found here: 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.
collectors: Clark John H.
date June 30, 2021
note: For collection details 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.
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1853
flag (suspect/examine) July 28, 2014
mark for examination, but not suspect
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: 1/1/1851-12/31/1855
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Clark, John H. Emory, W.H. Major
flag (suspect/examine) November 5, 2011
suspect flag — We wish to examine this specimen for ID verification; Little reason to think this is a bad ID based on known distribution of H. amarus, but we are suspicious that this could be H. placitus, based on other occurrence data.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: John H. Clark, W.H. Emory
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1851-12/31/1855
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
Georef Remark: Fort Brown known to be in Brownsville as found on internet map (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg). Laguna in this description is thought to be refering to the resaca at Fort Brown.
georeference November 14, 2006
Error: 531.845824802127
Remarks: Fort Brown known to be in Brownsville as found on internet map (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg). Laguna in this description is thought to be refering to the resaca at Fort Brown.
Locality: Fort Brown ResacaCoordinates: 25.897075482;-97.493724493Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Fort Brown known to be in Brownsville as found on internet map (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg). Laguna in this description is thought to be refering to the resaca at Fort Brown.

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