Fishes of Texas Project Database and Website (Version 3.10)

Hendrickson, Dean A.; Cohen, Adam E.; Urban, Tomislav

doi:10.17603/C3WC70

UMMZ_199111 2 duplicates

Not suspect, not examined

Gulf Toadfish – Opsanus beta

NS NatureServeStatus object (G5)

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 28.02201° N, 97.05485° W (± 9538.7 m)

Verbatim Donor Data

Taxonomy

GenusOpsanus

Speciesbeta

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Identification

DeterminerEM Baker & RR Miller, *

Collection Event

CollectorR Etheridge

Collected Datenone

Field NumberZ199111

Geography

CountryUSA

StateTexas

CountyAransas

LocalityAransas Bay, immediate vic. of Rockport

Other

Size162 mm SL

Alc1

Skel0

Record Source

Source University of Michigan (type: specimens)

Institution University of Michigan (type: university)

Also reported by

USNM_156669 (National Museum of Natural History)
UMMZ_119980 (University of Michigan)

Record Basis

Curator William L. Fink

Record Added April 23, 2015

Record Last Modified March 30, 2026

Data Processing Track Track 2

From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None

Count 1

Determination Details

Current Determination

Actinopterygii Batrachoidiformes Batrachoididae Opsanus Opsanus beta

Determiner Fishes of Texas staff

Determination Date Unknown

Determination Type Unspecified

Identification Comments None

Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1830 – Dec. 31, 1975

Collector(s)

Richard Etheridge

Collecting Event ID 20178

See all species captured at this same date and place

Field Notes

There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes

Jurisdiction Aransas, Texas

Name Aransas Bay

Hydrography

USGS HUC Texas-Gulf Region Central Texas Coastal Central Texas Coastal Aransas Bay Aransas Bay Aransas Bay

HydroBASINS 7519 751950 75195009 7519500902 751950090200

Captive no

Locality Photos

No locality photos available.

Locality Details

Ecoregion Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes

HUC 12 121004050400

NHDPlus COMID 3160631

Georeferencing Remarks —

Georeferencing Annotation Immediate vicinity of Rockport.

Has not been Georeferenced because —

Change Log

flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021

suspect: noexamination: no

flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021

suspect: noexamination: no

date June 27, 2012

date_range: 1/1/1830-12/31/2010

date June 27, 2012

date_range: 1/1/1830-12/31/2010

collectors May 23, 2012

collectors: Etheridge, Richard

collectors May 23, 2012

collectors: Etheridge, Richard

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