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USNM_687 8 duplicates

Not suspect, not examined
Comanche Springs Pupfish – Cyprinodon elegans
TX Endangered SGCN Federal: Endangered NS NatureServeStatus object (G1) NS NatureServeStatus object (S1)

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 30.88296° N, 102.87742° W (± 242.3 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCyprinodon
Specieselegans

Specimen

Num Specimens18

Collection Event

CollectorGraham
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyPecos
LocalityComanche Springs, Fort Stockton

Record Source

Source National Museum of Natural History (type: specimens)
Institution National Museum of Natural History (type: museum)
Also reported by
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 18

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontidae Cyprinodon Cyprinodon elegans
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1851 – Dec. 31, 1854
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 35
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Pecos, Texas
Name Comanche Springs
Hydrography
USGS HUC Rio Grande Region Lower Pecos Lower Pecos Landreth-Monument Draws Comanche Creek Headwaters Comanche Creek
HydroBASINS   7521 752161 75216160 7521616023 752161602320
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Chihuahuan Basins and Playas
HUC 12 130700071801
Georeferencing Remarks —
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
date June 30, 2021
note: For collection details see: Girard 1859 Ichthyology of the Boundary. U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey Rep. 2:1-85. Evermann & Kendall 1894 The fishes of Texas and the Rio Grande… US Government Printing Office.
date_range: 1/1/1851-12/31/1851
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
collectors June 30, 2021
note: Collection details found here: Girard 1859 Ichthyology of the Boundary. U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey Rep. 2:1-85. Evermann & Kendall 1894 The fishes of Texas and the Rio Grande… US Government Printing Office.
collectors: Clark John H.
flag (suspect/examine) note June 18, 2014
This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1850-12/31/1858
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Graham, J.D. Colonel
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: J.D. Graham
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1951-12/31/1958
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
georeference October 25, 2006
Error: 242.255954400969Locality: Comanche SpringsCoordinates: 30.882956797;-102.87742154Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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