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USNM_896

Not suspect, pending examination
Gizzard Shad – Dorosoma cepedianum
NS NatureServeStatus object (G5) NS NatureServeStatus object (S5)

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 25.89708° N, 97.49372° W (± 531.8 m)

Taxonomy

GenusDorosoma
Speciescepedianum

Collection Event

CollectorM. Emory
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityLaguna: Ft. Brown, 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 July 27, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes need to see if some ofhte older D. cepedianum records are in fact D. petensnse.We currently have very little support for D. petensnse being native to Texas.
Count No data

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Clupeiformes Clupeidae Dorosoma Dorosoma cepedianum
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1853 – Dec. 31, 1853
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 78
Collecting Event Notes 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
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region South Texas Brush Country
Jurisdiction Cameron, Texas
Name Fort Brown Resaca
Hydrography
USGS HUC Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Laguna Madre Brownsville Ship Channel Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel
HydroBASINS   7521 752110 75211001 7521100130 752110013000
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain
HUC 12 121102080900
Georeferencing Remarks Fort Brown known to be in Brownsville as found on internet map (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg). Laguna in this description is thought to be refering to the resaca at Fort Brown.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1851-12/31/1855
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Clark, John H. Emory, W.H. 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
Georef Remark: Fort Brown known to be in Brownsville as found on internet map (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg). Laguna in this description is thought to be refering to the resaca at Fort Brown.
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1851-12/31/1855
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: John H. Clark, W.H. Emory
georeference November 14, 2006
Error: 531.845824802127
Remarks: Fort Brown known to be in Brownsville as found on internet map (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg). Laguna in this description is thought to be refering to the resaca at Fort Brown.
Locality: Fort Brown ResacaCoordinates: 25.897075482;-97.493724493Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Fort Brown known to be in Brownsville as found on internet map (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/brownsville_tx_1926.jpg). Laguna in this description is thought to be refering to the resaca at Fort Brown.

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