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USNM_49076

Not suspect, not examined
Mexican Tetra – Astyanax argentatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

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

Taxonomy

GenusAstyanax
Speciesargentatus

Collection Event

CollectorE. Mearns
Collected Date1897 00 00 - 1898 00 00

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityFort 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 Characiformes Characidae Astyanax Astyanax argentatus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments GIS-based name change, no examination | ID updated based on taxonomic revision for this species/location
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1897 – Dec. 31, 1898
Collecting Event ID 3862
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: no
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: 1/1/1897-12/31/1898
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Mearns, E.
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: E. Mearns
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1897-12/31/1898
georeference April 10, 2007
Error: 775.666012803102Locality: Fort ClarkCoordinates: 29.304754988;-100.421094745Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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