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USNM_879

Not suspect, not examined
Mexican Tetra – Astyanax argentatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.31464° N, 99.48056° W (± 2000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusAstyanax
Speciesargentatus

Collection Event

CollectorM. Emory
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityRio Sabinal, (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, 1851 – Dec. 31, 1851
Collecting Event ID 120
Collecting Event Notes For collection information 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
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Edwards Plateau
Jurisdiction Uvalde, Texas
Name Sabinal River
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Nueces Upper Frio Lower Sabinal River Brown Cementary-Sabinal River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Balcones Canyonlands
HUC 12 121101060703
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 —
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
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: Sabinal RiverCoordinates: -99.480555, 29.314644Georeferencer: 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
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1854-12/31/1854
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Emory, William Hemsley Major
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: W.H. Emory
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1854-12/31/1854
georeference March 26, 2006
Error: 42700.7243518168Locality: Sabinal River, entire lengthCoordinates: 29.484800843;-99.490801937Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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