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iNaturalist_SourceID_812394

Not suspect, not examined
Atlantic Threadfin Polydactylus octonemus
NS GNR

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.13557° N, 95.05093° W (± 3444 m)

Taxonomy

GenusPolydactylus
Speciesoctonemus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

Collectorbeachbumagg, ID:31273
Collected Date2014.8.1

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyGalveston
LocalityGalveston County, US-TX, US
Latitude29.135574
Longitude-95.0509261
Error3444.0

Rights & Source

LicenseCC-BY-NC

Other

Specimen NotesThese guys are abundant in the surf during the summer, but really neat looking fish. They have 8 long pectoral filaments on each side and a nearly clear snout. Caught on the West End of Galveston Island.
DescriptionThese guys are abundant in the surf during the summer, but really neat looking fish. They have 8 long pectoral filaments on each side and a nearly clear snout. Caught on the West End of Galveston Island.
Captive CultivatedFALSE
Positional Accuracy3444
Coordinates ObscuredFALSE
Fieldcaptive:
Fieldcollecting event remarks:
Fieldcollector field number:
Fieldidentification confidence:
Fieldspecimen condition:

Record Source

Source iNaturalist (type: citizen science)
Institution iNaturalist (type: citizen science)
Curator Unknown
Record Added June 24, 2020
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 3
From Data Set Received 5/2017 to 11/2017

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Perciformes Polynemidae Polydactylus Polydactylus octonemus
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Aug. 1, 2014
Collecting Event ID 411973
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Galveston, Texas
Name Galveston County, US-TX, US
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Galveston Bay-San Jacinto Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake West Galveston Bay Halls Bayou Halls Bayou
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
HUC 12 120402040300
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference needs verification/refinement; coordinates provided by donor
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because This record, being part of the track 3 import, is not formally georeferenced by FoTX staff at this time. However, to allow mapping and visualization of this record, locality information has been provisionally accepted if provided by the donor or if location text could be matched to previously georeferenced records by FoTX team or donor data. For many records spatial error is either accepted from the donor (when provided) or derived based on coordinate precision.
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE

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