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USNM_294903

Not suspect, not examined
Atlantic Flyingfish – Cheilopogon melanurus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.39686° N, 96.57931° W (± 66000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCypselurus
Speciesmelanurus

Collection Event

Collected Date1962 Sep 20 - 0000 00 00

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityTexas._off Corpus Christi

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 Beloniformes Exocoetidae Cheilopogon Cheilopogon melanurus
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 Sept. 20, 1962
Collector(s)
No collector information is available for this record.
Collecting Event ID 27409
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Gulf of Mexico off Corpus Christi
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC —
Georeferencing Remarks Treated as continental shelf of Gulf off Corpus Christi. Point placed along a line perpendicular to the coast mid-way to edge of continental shelf.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —

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