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USNM_154992

Not suspect, not examined
Shortbelly Eel – Dysomma anguillare

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.05504° N, 96.90138° W (± 48000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusDysomma
Speciesaphododera

Collection Event

Collected Date1939 Feb 05 - 0000 00 00

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityTexas: Off Padre Island

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 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Anguilliformes Synaphobranchidae Dysomma Dysomma anguillare
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments Specimen not examined; ID derived from synonymization to GBIF backbone and synonyms in FoTX taxonomy | derived from effort to match GBIF backbone and FoTX synonyms
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Feb. 5, 1939
Collector(s)
No collector information is available for this record.
Collecting Event ID 27348
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Gulf of Mexico off Padre Island
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC —
Georeferencing Remarks Treated as continental shelf of Gulf off Padre Island. Point placed along a line perpendicular to the coast mid-way to edge of continental shelf.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
verbatim data June 30, 2021
Count of specimens retrieved from GBIF and applied to verbatim data: 1
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 48000
Remarks: Treated as continental shelf of Gulf off Padre Island. Point placed along a line perpendicular to the coast mid-way to edge of continental shelf.
Locality: Gulf of Mexico off Padre IslandCoordinates: -96.901381, 27.055035Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
Treated as continental shelf of Gulf off Padre Island. Point placed along a line perpendicular to the coast mid-way to edge of continental shelf.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 2/5/1939-2/5/1939
collectors May 23, 2012
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: NANot Georeferenced Because: Marine
collectors November 5, 2011
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 2/5/1939-2/5/1939
georeference March 29, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: JLGeographic note: Marine USA Texas

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