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USNM_213624

Not suspect, examined
Blackfin Goosefish Lophius gastrophysus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 26.50000° N, 96.27500° W (± 9000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLophius
Speciesgastrophysus

Collection Event

Collected Date1964 Jan 24 - 0000 00 00

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityTexas

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 Lophiiformes Lophiidae Lophius Lophius gastrophysus
Determiner Floyd Douglas Martin
Determination Date April 15, 2013
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments ID complete | 3rd dorsal spine present; gill opening not extending in front of pectoral base; posterior margin of pectoral black
Identification Confidence High

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 24, 1964
Collector(s)
No collector information is available for this record.
Collecting Event ID 30368
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Unknown
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution. | GBIF latlong_remarks:
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 9000
Remarks: Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution.
Coordinates: -96.275, 26.5
Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution.
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
verbatim data June 30, 2021
Count of specimens retrieved from GBIF and applied to verbatim data: 1
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: 1/24/1964-1/24/1964
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors November 5, 2011
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/24/1964-1/24/1964
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: Too vague
georeference June 9, 2006
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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