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USNM_916

Not suspect, not examined
Headwater Catfish – Ictalurus lupus
TX Threatened SGCN NS NatureServeStatus object (G3) NS NatureServeStatus object (S1)

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 31.70998° N, 103.64840° W (± 45000 m)

Taxonomy

FamilyIctaluridae
GenusPimelodus
Specieslupus

Specimen

Num Specimens3
PreparationIllustration Photograph

Collection Event

CollectorJ. Pope
Collected Date1854-1854

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
LocalityH[ea]d waters of Rio Pecos.

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 March 31, 2026
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 3

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Siluriformes Ictaluridae Ictalurus Ictalurus lupus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments Specimen not examined; ID derived from synonymization to GBIF backbone and synonyms in FoTX taxonomy | derived from effort to match GBIF backbone and FoTX synonyms
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1854 – Dec. 31, 1854
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 107
Collecting Event Notes For collection information see: see 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 Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Crane, Texas
Name Pecos River from Delaware Creek to Toyah Creek
Hydrography
USGS HUC Rio Grande Region Lower Pecos Lower Pecos Pecos Southwest Mesa-Pecos River Girvin Butte-Pecos River
HydroBASINS   7521 752165 75216517 7521651750 752165175030
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Chihuahuan Basins and Playas
HUC 12 130700080202
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/). The location where Pope's route parallels the Pecos is shown. Georeferenced area covers this reach.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 1609
Remarks: Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project.
Coordinates: -107.608414, 31.718612
GBIF latlong_remarks: Fishnet2 georeferencer's comment: Assuming spring at Palomas Viejo (from other locality description: MSB 3675). Palomas Viejo found at: http://antares.inegi.org.mx/analisis/red_hidro/SIATL/index.html#app=f4c9&4b36-selectedIndex=0. Measured by road and uncertainty determined using MaNIS.net georeferencing calculator.
Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project.
date June 30, 2021
note: For collection details 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: 1/1/1854-12/31/1854
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: Pope John
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1854-12/31/1854
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Pope, John Captain
date May 23, 2012
date_range: 1\1\1854-12\31\1854

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