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USNM_876

Not suspect, not examined
Mexican Tetra – Astyanax argentatus

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 29.78593° N, 100.98824° W (± 35000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusAstyanax
Speciesargentatus

Collection Event

CollectorC. Graham
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityDevil'S Riv., 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 March 30, 2026
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 Jan. 1, 1851 – Dec. 31, 1851
Collector(s)
Collecting Event ID 49
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Edwards Plateau
Jurisdiction Val Verde, Texas
Name Devils River
Hydrography
USGS HUC Rio Grande Region Rio Grande-Amistad Devils Lower Devils Devils River-Amistad Reservoir Dark Canyon-Devils River
HydroBASINS   7521 752156 75215610 7521561070 752156107000
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Semiarid Edwards Plateau
HUC 12 130403020302
NHDPlus COMID 12096291
Georeferencing Remarks Midway between access points off of old Chihuahua Trail
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
collectors June 30, 2021
note: Collection details found here: Girard 1859 Ichthyology of the Boundary. U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey Rep. 2:1-85. Evermann & Kendall 1894 The fishes of Texas and the Rio Grande… US Government Printing Office.
collectors: Clark John H.
date June 30, 2021
note: For collection information see: Girard 1859 Ichthyology of the Boundary. U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey Rep. 2:1-85. Evermann & Kendall 1894 The fishes of Texas and the Rio Grande… US Government Printing Office.
date_range: 1/1/1851-12/31/1851
collectors June 30, 2021
note: Collection details found here: Girard 1859 Ichthyology of the Boundary. U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey Rep. 2:1-85. Evermann & Kendall 1894 The fishes of Texas and the Rio Grande… US Government Printing Office.
collectors: Clark John H.
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 1400
Remarks: Not Comal county. Based on the collections in FoTX database it is clear the party traveled to Comal County after this site. Before this site they were in Bandera. Treated as vicinity of Boerne. Point placed on Cibolo creek in Boerne and extent runs to edge of
Locality: BoerneCoordinates: -98.729777, 29.789268Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
Not Comal county. Based on the collections in FoTX database it is clear the party traveled to Comal County after this site. Before this site they were in Bandera. Treated as vicinity of Boerne. Point placed on Cibolo creek in Boerne and extent runs to edge of
date June 30, 2021
note: For collection information see: Girard 1859 Ichthyology of the Boundary. U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey Rep. 2:1-85. Evermann & Kendall 1894 The fishes of Texas and the Rio Grande… US Government Printing Office.
date_range: 1/1/1851-12/31/1851
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 1400
Remarks: Not Comal county. Based on the collections in FoTX database it is clear the party traveled to Comal County after this site. Before this site they were in Bandera. Treated as vicinity of Boerne. Point placed on Cibolo creek in Boerne and extent runs to edge of
Locality: BoerneCoordinates: -98.729777, 29.789268Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
Not Comal county. Based on the collections in FoTX database it is clear the party traveled to Comal County after this site. Before this site they were in Bandera. Treated as vicinity of Boerne. Point placed on Cibolo creek in Boerne and extent runs to edge of
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1850-12/31/1858
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1850-12/31/1858
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Graham, J.D. Colonel
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Graham, J.D. Colonel
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
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1951-12/31/1958
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: J.D. Graham
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
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1951-12/31/1958
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: J.D. Graham
georeference April 13, 2007
Error: 53121.2267517721Locality: Devils River, entire lengthCoordinates: 29.939182066;-101.096193554Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
georeference April 13, 2007
Error: 53121.2267517721Locality: Devils River, entire lengthCoordinates: 29.939182066;-101.096193554Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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