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USNM_439

Not suspect, not examined

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.20614° N, 99.90274° W (± 2000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusPomotis
Speciesheros

Collection Event

CollectorC. Pope
Collected Date1856 00 00 - 0000 00 00

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityNueces, 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 March 31, 2026
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 Lepomis Lepomis macrochirus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1856 – Dec. 31, 1856
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 47
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 Edwards Plateau
Jurisdiction Uvalde, Texas
Name Nueces River
Hydrography
USGS HUC Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Nueces Nueces Headwaters Montell Creek-Nueces River Elm Slough-Nueces River
HydroBASINS   7519 751967 75196700 7519670035 751967003500
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub
HUC 12 121101010406
Georeferencing Remarks Emory, W.H. 1857. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey. Volume 1, page 135, Table of Distances; Collection assumed to be near 'Road from El Paso to San Antonio' on Boundary Survey maps
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
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; Collection assumed to be near 'Road from El Paso to San Antonio' on Boundary Survey maps
Locality: Nueces RiverCoordinates: -99.902738, 29.206138Georeferencer: Gary Garrett
Emory, W.H. 1857. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey. Volume 1, page 135, Table of Distances; Collection assumed to be near 'Road from El Paso to San Antonio' on Boundary Survey maps
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1856-12/31/1856
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Pope, John Captain
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
Georef Remark: Extent difficult to determine. Treated as halfway to Corpus Christi geographic center.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: John Pope
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1856-12/31/1856
georeference September 5, 2007
Error: 4197.16915198199
Remarks: Extent difficult to determine. Treated as halfway to Corpus Christi geographic center.
Locality: NuecesCoordinates: 27.814793107;-97.461807346Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Extent difficult to determine. Treated as halfway to Corpus Christi geographic center.

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