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USNM_231890

Not suspect, not examined
Comanche Springs Pupfish Cyprinodon elegans
TX Endangered SGCN Federal: Endangered NS G1 NS S1

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 33.19207° N, 104.35103° W (± 400 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCyprinodon
Specieselegans

Collection Event

Collected Date1981 Oct 26 - 0000 00 00

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyReeves
LocalitySan Solomon Springs, Balmorhea State Park Reeves Co. Tx.

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 July 27, 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 Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontidae Cyprinodon Cyprinodon elegans
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Oct. 26, 1981
Collecting Event ID 2089
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Reeves, Texas
Name Dexter National Fish Hatchery
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Lower Pecos Lower Pecos Toyah Upper Toyah Creek San Solomon Creek-Toyah Creek
Captive yes
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Chihuahuan Basins and Playas
HUC 12 130700030201
Georeferencing Remarks
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 10/26/1981-10/26/1981
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 10/26/1981-10/26/1981
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: NA
georeference June 6, 2007
Error: 928.055649603712Locality: Solomon spring in Balmorhea State ParkCoordinates: 30.944732217;-103.785054563Georeferencer: BJLGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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