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USNM_156765

Not suspect, examined
Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta
NS G5

Photos

Map

Location 27.84032° N, 97.05097° W (± 13370.4 m)

Taxonomy

GenusOpsanus

Collection Event

Collected Date1935 Dec 05 - 0000 00 00

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityTexas: Arkansas Pass.

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 Batrachoidiformes Batrachoididae Opsanus Opsanus beta
Determiner Ben Labay
Determination Date July 22, 2010
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments ID complete | Dorsal soft rays 25. Pectoral rays 19.
Identification Confidence High

Collecting Event

Collected Dec. 5, 1935
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 5752
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Nueces, Texas
Name Aransas Pass
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Corpus Christi Bay Frontal Corpus Christi Bay Frontal Corpus Christi Bay
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
HUC 12 121102020200
Georeferencing Remarks Point placed at the pass connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the bays and extent runs to the town of Aransas Pass.
Georeferencing Annotation Not \"Arkansas\" but should be \"Aransas\"
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 12/5/1935-12/5/1935
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: K.H.M.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: K.H.M.
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 12/5/1935-12/5/1935
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: Specimen examined and ID'ed for FoTX projectID Comments: Dorsal soft rays 25. Pectoral rays 19.
Georef Remark: Point placed at the pass connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the bays and extent runs to the town of Aransas Pass.
ID Confidence: highGeoref Annotation: Not 'Arkansas' but should be 'Aransas'
georeference March 1, 2007
Error: 13370.4299519426
Remarks: Point placed at the pass connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the bays and extent runs to the town of Aransas Pass. Not 'Arkansas' but should be 'Aransas'
Locality: Aransas PassCoordinates: 27.840322812;-97.050967171Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Point placed at the pass connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the bays and extent runs to the town of Aransas Pass. Not 'Arkansas' but should be 'Aransas'

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