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USNM_914

Not suspect, not examined
Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
NS G5 NS S5

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.23556° N, 99.68207° W (± 2000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusPimelodus
Speciespunctatus

Collection Event

CollectorA. Whipple
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityRio Frio, 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 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 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, 1853
Collecting Event ID 7890
Collecting Event Notes For collection information see: 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
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region South Texas Brush Country
Jurisdiction Uvalde, Texas
Name Frio River
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Nueces Upper Frio Salt Creek-Frio River Spring Branch-Frio River
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Northern Nueces Alluvial Plains
HUC 12 121101060402
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) May 23, 2022
Examination: No
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 900
Remarks: Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution.
Coordinates: -94.683333, 29.25
Georeference notes (if available appended here) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. No error provided by GBIF for this record so determined based on number of decimal places in coordinates. Use with caution.
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
note: 0suspect: noexamination: pending
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
date June 30, 2021
note: For collection information see: 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
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1853
flag (suspect/examine) note June 18, 2014
This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
staff comment July 31, 2012
not available or not found
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1859
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Whipple, A.W. Lieutenant
flag (suspect/examine) November 5, 2011
suspect flag — We wish to examine this specimen
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1853-12/31/1859
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: A.W. Whipple
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: This lot in need of examination, but we have not been able to find this specimen at the donor institution. Specimen is likely either on loan, mis-shelved, permanently lost or in rare cases destroyed. Work in progress.
staff comment February 3, 2011
not available or not found
georeference June 27, 2007
Error: 96573.5147515857Locality: Frio River in TexasCoordinates: 29.222979381;-99.673765824Georeferencer: BJLGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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