Fishes of Texas Project (FoTX) Database and Website - Darwin Core

Occurrence Observation
Dernière version Publié par University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Collections le mars 31, 2026 University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Collections
Date de publication:
31 mars 2026
Licence:
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Description

<p>The Fishes of Texas Project (www.fishesoftexas.org) provides a centralized, quality-controlled, and open-access database of freshwater fish occurrences to enhance ichthyological research and aquatic resource management within the state of Texas and its shared basins. By aggregating over 895,000 records from museum specimens, agency reports, and citizen science platforms, the project employs rigorous data verification and georeferencing protocols to correct historical misidentifications and spatial outliers. The platform integrates interactive mapping, species distribution models (SDMs), and comprehensive species accounts to facilitate the visualization of temporal and geographic trends in biodiversity. These high-resolution data products have directly informed state conservation priorities, including the designation of Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) and the establishment of Native Fish Conservation Areas (NFCAs). Ultimately, this collaborative framework serves as a critical baseline for assessing the impacts of climate change, habitat fragmentation, and invasive species on Texas's diverse aquatic ecosystems.</p>

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Les chercheurs doivent citer cette ressource comme suit:

Hendrickson D A, Cohen A E, Urban T (2026). Fishes of Texas Project (FoTX) Database and Website - Darwin Core. Version 1.18. University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Collections. Occurrence dataset. doi:10.17603/C3WC70

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Enregistrement GBIF

Cette ressource a été enregistrée sur le portail GBIF, et possède lUUID GBIF suivante : ba5b0f3a-73dd-459f-a7f1-9abc327aed00.  University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Collections publie cette ressource, et est enregistré dans le GBIF comme éditeur de données avec lapprobation du GBIF-US.

Mots-clé

Occurrence; Observation; Occurrence; Fish; Texas; Biodiversity; Conservation; Voucher; Museum Specimen; Biogeography; Native Fish Conservation Area; Species Distribution Model; Data Improvement

Contacts

Dean A. Hendrickson
  • Fournisseur Des Métadonnées ●
  • Créateur ●
  • Personne De Contact
  • Ichthyology Curator
University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Center
  • 10100 Burnet RD, PRC 176/R4000
78758-4445 Austin
TX
US
  • +01 512-471-9774
Adam E. Cohen
  • Fournisseur Des Métadonnées ●
  • Créateur ●
  • Personne De Contact
  • Ichthyology Collections Manager
University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Center
  • 10100 Burnet RD, PRC 176/R4000
78758-4445 Austin
TX
US
  • +01 512-471-8845
Tomislav Urban
  • Personne De Contact
University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center
  • 10100 Burnet RD, PRC 205/R8700
78758-4445 Austin
TX
US
Tomislav Urban
  • Personne De Contact
  • Senior Software Developer
Texas Advanced Computing Center
Austin
TX
US
Melissa J. Casarez
  • Processeur
  • Ichthyology Collections Assistant Manager
University of Texas at Austin, Biodiversity Center
  • 10100 Burnet RD, PRC 176/R4000
78758 Austin
TX
US
  • +01 512-475-8171
F. Douglas Martin
  • Processeur
University of Texas, Biodiversity Collections
Casey Hartsough
  • Programmeur
  • Programmer
University of Texas, Biodiversity Collections

Couverture géographique

Our study area includes Texas and shared drainage basins going into neighbor states and the Gulf of Mexico (north of a line drawn from the southeastern edge of Louisiana to the southeastern edge of Tamaulipas). Data were obtained by database searches or personal requests for data from that area. In many cases provider databases lacked the data fields to allow discovery of those records, in which case we requested data from larger geographic areas (e.g. country). All records that were acquired are provided in the database, but only those in our study area have received the full processing efforts (georeferencing, suspect flagging, specimen examination, date corrections etc).

Enveloppe géographique Sud Ouest [24,447, -109,16], Nord Est [40,914, -88,682]

Couverture taxonomique

All fish taxa

Order Acipenseriformes, Amiiformes, Anguilliformes, Atheriniformes, Beloniformes, Characiformes, Clupeiformes, Cypriniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Esociformes, Gadiformes, Gasterosteiformes, Gobiesociformes, Lepisosteiformes, Mugiliformes, Myliobatiformes, Osmeriformes, Osteoglossiformes, Perciformes, Percopsiformes, Petromyzontiformes, Pleuronectiformes, Salmoniformes, Scorpaeniformes, Siluriformes, Synbranchiformes, Syngnathiformes
Family Goodeidae

Couverture temporelle

Epoque de vie 1700s to recent

Données sur le projet

This is the database of the Fishes of Texas Project (www.fishesoftexas.org). The project aims to bring together in one database all of the specimen data pertaining to fishes of Texas. Initial efforts focused on specimen data, which we believe should be the foundation of our knowledge about Texas fish biogeography, but recognizing the value of other types of data, later efforts include the addition of non-specimen data.

Titre Fishes of Texas (FoTX) Project Database and Website
Identifiant FoTX
Financement Funding has been provided primarily by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, University of Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the US Department of the Interior. See http://www.fishesoftexas.org/documentation/sponsors/
Description du domaine détude / de recherche Texas and its shared drainages in neighbor states and the Gulf of Mexico north of a line drawn from the eastern edge of Louisiana to the southern edge of Tamaulipas.
Description du design Specimens are collected by various and often undocumented means. Information about sampling gear, methods and habitats is recorded in our database when available.

Les personnes impliquées dans le projet:

Dean A. Hendrickson
  • Curateur Des Données
Adam E. Cohen
  • Curateur Des Données
Tomislav Urban
  • Programmeur
Melissa Casarez
  • Processeur
F. Douglas Martin
  • Processeur
Ben J. Labay
  • Processeur
Colton Avila
  • Processeur
Casey Hartsough
  • Programmeur
Ryan Rash
  • Processeur

Méthodes déchantillonnage

The Fishes of Texas Project is a data acquisition and improvement project and thus includes data collected by others using various means. More recent funding has allowed the Fishes of Texas Project team to collect specimens from data gaps detected in the database using various collection methods. See our documentation to learn more: http://www.fishesoftexas.org/documentation/

Etendue de létude Our study area includes Texas and shared drainage basins going into neighbor states and the Gulf of Mexico (north of a line drawn from the eastern edge of Louisiana to the southern edge of Tamaulipas). Data were obtained based on database searches or personal requests for data from that area. In many cases provider data lacked the data fields to allow discovery of those records, in which case we requested data from larger geographic areas (eg. country). All records that were acquired are provided in the database, but only those in our study area have received the full processing efforts (georeferencing, suspect flagging, specimen examination, date corrections etc).
Contrôle qualité Records from many disparate sources have been brought into a common format and standardized (taxa names, dates, and collector names in particular) allowing them to be queried in a single database. Localities have been georeferenced (including error estimate) if possible. These steps allowed us to map the records of each species and detect spatial and temporal outliers, which we flagged as "suspect". Early versions of the database were strictly specimen based and we've made extensive efforts to find specimens that we flagged and examine them to correct determination errors. See our documentation to learn more: http://www.fishesoftexas.org/documentation/

Description des étapes de la méthode:

  1. After data were acquired, either directly from source or via online data aggregator, they were (1) re-formatted; (2) georeferenced to coordinates with an error radius estimate (those then determined to be in our study area received the most complete data standardization); (3) standardized (when possible) taxa to AFS Common and Scientific Names of Fishes or the GBIF backbone; (4) standardized collector names when possible; (5) standardized dates to begin and end dates; (6) flagged records that we thought had erroneous data as "suspect" records; (7) examined "suspect" specimens, which usually turn out to be mis-identifications. See our documentation to learn more: http://www.fishesoftexas.org/documentation/

Métadonnées additionnelles

Objet
Description de la fréquence de mise à jour Data are refreshed monthly, but actual updates to those data are expected less-frequently.
Identifiants alternatifs ba5b0f3a-73dd-459f-a7f1-9abc327aed00
https://ipt.tacc.utexas.edu/resource?r=fotx