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USNM_94274

Not suspect, not examined
Mexican Tetra – Astyanax argentatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 31.41708° N, 103.50004° W (± 4559.3 m)

Taxonomy

GenusAstyanax
Speciesmexicanus

Collection Event

CollectorG. Kranzthor & G. Myers
Collected Date1929 May 11 - 0000 00 00

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityArtesian Well On Outskirts of Pecos, 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 May 11, 1929
Collecting Event ID 9333
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Trans Pecos
Jurisdiction Reeves, Texas
Name Unspecified artesian well at Pecos
Hydrography Rio Grande Region Lower Pecos Lower Pecos Lower Pecos-Red Bluff Reservoir Mosquito Lake-Pecos River Mosquito Lake
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Chihuahuan Basins and Playas
HUC 12 130700010903
Georeferencing Remarks —
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 5/11/1929-5/11/1929
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Kranzthor, G. Myers, George S.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: G. Kranzthor, George S. Myers
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 5/11/1929-5/11/1929
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
georeference May 22, 2007
Error: 4559.27155198044Locality: Unspecified artesian well at PecosCoordinates: 31.417078259;-103.500039295Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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