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USNM_44629

Not suspect, examined
Spotted Gar – Lepisosteus oculatus
NS G5 NS S5

Map

Location 29.30168° N, 100.41783° W (± 1000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusLepisosteus
Speciesplatystomus

Collection Event

CollectorE. Mearns
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityMex. Bd. Ft. Clark, Texas.

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 Lepisosteiformes Lepisosteidae Lepisosteus Lepisosteus oculatus
Determiner Adam Cohen
Determination Date July 21, 2010
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments ID complete | 54 LL scales
Identification Confidence High

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1893 – Dec. 31, 1893
Collecting Event ID 4848
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region South Texas Brush Country
Jurisdiction Kinney, Texas
Name Las Moras Creek at Fort Clark
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Rio Grande-Falcon Rio Grande-Falcon Elm-Sycamore Las Moras Creek Headwaters Las Moras Creek
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub
HUC 12 130800011301
Georeferencing Remarks Mearns, Edgar Alexander, tracings and notes on fishes, Arizona, Texas, and Wisconsin, 1884-1898 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/244624#page/8/mode/1uphttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/244624#page/1/mode/1up
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: yes
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 1000
Remarks: Mearns, Edgar Alexander, tracings and notes on fishes, Arizona, Texas, and Wisconsin, 1884-1898 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/244624#page/8/mode/1uphttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/244624#page/1/mode/1up
Locality: Las Moras Creek at Fort ClarkCoordinates: -100.417834, 29.301676Georeferencer: Gary Garrett
Mearns, Edgar Alexander, tracings and notes on fishes, Arizona, Texas, and Wisconsin, 1884-1898 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/244624#page/8/mode/1uphttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/244624#page/1/mode/1up
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1893-12/31/1893
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Mearns, E.
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: Specimen examined and ID'ed for FoTX projectID Comments: 54 LL scalesID Confidence: high
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: E. Mearns
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1893-12/31/1893
georeference April 10, 2007
Error: 775.666012803102Locality: Fort ClarkCoordinates: 29.304754988;-100.421094745Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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