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USNM_912

Not suspect, not examined
Channel Catfish – Ictalurus punctatus
NS NatureServeStatus object (G5) NS NatureServeStatus object (S5)

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 32.94662° N, 99.48644° W (± 87000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusPimelodus
Speciespunctatus

Specimen

Num Specimens2

Collection Event

CollectorJ. Pope
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityClear Fork of Rio Brazos

Record Source

Source National Museum of Natural History (type: specimens)
Institution National Museum of Natural History (type: museum)
Curator Lynne Parenti
Record Added April 23, 2015
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 2

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Siluriformes Ictaluridae Ictalurus Ictalurus punctatus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments ID determined without specimen examination | Consensus among FoTX team that this taxon from this very old record represents I. punctatus.
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1853 – Dec. 31, 1854
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 17528
Collecting Event Notes Presumed to be a collection associated with the railroad route survey from the Mississippi river to the Pacific (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42767#page/2/mode/1up). Map of route (https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000831/).
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Rolling Plains
Jurisdiction Shackelford, Texas
Name Clear Fork of the Brazos River
Hydrography
USGS HUC Texas-Gulf Region Middle Brazos Middle Brazos-Clear Fork Upper Clear Fork Brazos Chimney Creek-Clear Fork Brazos River Swager Creek-Clear Fork Brazos River
HydroBASINS   7516 751660 75166050 7516605012 751660501200
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Limestone Plains
HUC 12 120601020906
Georeferencing Remarks Presumed to be a collection associated with the railroad route survey from the Mississippi river to the Pacific (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42767#page/2/mode/1up). Map of route (https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000831/). Pope crossed the Brazos at Ft. Belknap and proceded along the Clear Fork. Point placed between the first crossing of the Brazos and includes all of the route along the Clear Fork.
Georeferencing Annotation With no county or location , the extent is rather large.
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
Examination: No
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 45Remarks: Coordinates extracted from TPWD's GoFish database.Locality: Spring CreekCoordinates: -96.646352, 32.956087Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
Coordinates extracted from TPWD's GoFish database.
date June 30, 2021
note: Presumed to be a collection associated with the railroad route survey from the Mississippi river to the Pacific (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42767#page/2/mode/1up). Map of route (https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000831/).
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1854
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
note: 0suspect: noexamination: pending
flag (suspect/examine) note June 18, 2014
This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
flag (suspect/examine) July 2, 2012
out of range, check id
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1858
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Pope, John Captain

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