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USNM_397

Not suspect, not examined
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.23556° N, 99.68207° W (± 2000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusMicropterus
Speciessalmoides

Collection Event

CollectorL. Whipple
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityRio Frio, Tex.

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 No data

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Centrarchidae Micropterus Micropterus salmoides
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date July 26, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments Taxonomic adjustment. We are no longer recognizing M. salmoides nuecensis.
Identification Confidence Unknown

Previous Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Centrarchidae Micropterus Micropterus salmoides nuecensis
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date May 23, 2022
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments Specimen not examined. Species determination change based on taxonomic change as defined by published literature or other standard
Identification Confidence Unknown

Previous Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Centrarchidae Micropterus Micropterus salmoides
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1853 – Dec. 31, 1853
Collecting Event ID 7890
Collecting Event Notes For collection information see: Girard 1858 Part Four: Fishes. Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-6, Volume X
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region South Texas Brush Country
Jurisdiction Uvalde, Texas
Name Frio River
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Nueces Upper Frio Salt Creek-Frio River Spring Branch-Frio River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Northern Nueces Alluvial Plains
HUC 12 121101060402
Georeferencing Remarks Emory, W.H. 1857. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey. Volume 1, page 135, Table of Distances; assumed to be near 'Road from El Paso to San Antonio' on Boundary Survey maps.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 2000
Remarks: Emory, W.H. 1857. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey. Volume 1, page 135, Table of Distances; assumed to be near 'Road from El Paso to San Antonio' on Boundary Survey maps.
Locality: Frio RiverCoordinates: -99.682072, 29.235555Georeferencer: Gary Garrett
Emory, W.H. 1857. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey. Volume 1, page 135, Table of Distances; assumed to be near 'Road from El Paso to San Antonio' on Boundary Survey maps.
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
collectors June 30, 2021
note: Collection details found here: Girard 1858 Part Four: Fishes. Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-6, Volume X
collectors: Kennerly Caleb Burwell Rowan
date June 30, 2021
note: For collection information see: Girard 1858 Part Four: Fishes. Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-6, Volume X
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1853
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1859
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Whipple, L.
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
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: L. Whipple
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1859
georeference June 27, 2007
Error: 96573.5147515857Locality: Frio River in TexasCoordinates: 29.222979381;-99.673765824Georeferencer: BJLGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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