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USNM_158567

Not suspect, not examined
Cottonwick – Haemulon melanurum

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 28.75409° N, 94.28291° W (± 77000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusHaemulon
Speciesmelanurum

Collection Event

Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityGulf of Mex. S.E. of Houston, Texas

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 2

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Haemulidae Haemulon Haemulon melanurum
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 May 24, 1950
Collector(s)
No collector information is available for this record.
Collecting Event ID 27386
Collecting Event Notes Date found on GBIF (Sept 2017)
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Gulf of Mexico off Galveston
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC —
Georeferencing Remarks Treated as continental shelf of Gulf off Galveston. Point placed along a line perpendicular to the coast mid-way to edge of continental shelf. Error runs back to coast and includes Flower Gardens reefs.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 77000
Remarks: Treated as continental shelf of Gulf off Galveston. Point placed along a line perpendicular to the coast mid-way to edge of continental shelf. Error runs back to coast and includes Flower Gardens reefs.
Locality: Gulf of Mexico off GalvestonCoordinates: -94.282913, 28.754087Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
Treated as continental shelf of Gulf off Galveston. Point placed along a line perpendicular to the coast mid-way to edge of continental shelf. Error runs back to coast and includes Flower Gardens reefs.
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: 2
date June 30, 2021
note: Date found on GBIF (Sept 2017)date_range: 5/24/1950-5/24/1950
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1830-12/31/2006
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: 1/1/1830-12/31/2006
georeference March 29, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: JLGeographic note: Marine USA Texas

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