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USNM_159683

Not suspect, not examined
Slender Suckerfish Phtheirichthys lineatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.95198° N, 95.47078° W (± 300000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusPhtheirichthys
Specieslineatus

Collection Event

Collected Date1954 May 25 - 0000 00 00

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityGulf of Mexico - S. of Texas From Wooden Long Line Keg.

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 1
From Data Set Received 11/1997 to 05/2006

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Echeneidae Phtheirichthys Phtheirichthys lineatus
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 25, 1954
Collector(s)
No collector information is available for this record.
Collecting Event ID 27389
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Gulf of Mexico off Texas
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC
Georeferencing Remarks Point placed on mid-point of a line drawn from the mouths of the Sabine and Rio Grande rivers and error runs back to each.
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: 300000
Remarks: Point placed on mid-point of a line drawn from the mouths of the Sabine and Rio Grande rivers and error runs back to each.
Locality: Gulf of Mexico off TexasCoordinates: -95.470778, 27.951978Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
Point placed on mid-point of a line drawn from the mouths of the Sabine and Rio Grande rivers and error runs back to each.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 5/25/1954-5/25/1954
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: 5/25/1954-5/25/1954
georeference March 29, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: JLGeographic note: Marine USA Texas

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