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SU 6155 Chirostoma chapalae Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.], 1899 Holotype  [Collection database record]
chapalae, Chirostoma Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1899:135, Fig. 13 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 [1899]; ref. 2501] Laguna de Chapala, near Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 6155. Paratypes: CAS-SU 6209 (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:66 [ref. 12291]. Betancourt-Resendes et al. 2019:14 [ref. 37138] synonymized Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder 1899 and C. promelas Jordan & Snyder 1899, and gave peference to chapalae. •Valid as Menidia chapalae (Jordan & Snyder 1899) -- (Miller 2006:193 [ref. 28615]). •Valid as Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder 1899 -- (Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:59 [ref. 22290], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:518 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:98 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:100 [ref. 32708], Betancourt-Resendes et al. 2019:14 [ref. 37138], Piñeros et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39643], Page et al. 2023:139 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder 1899. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Distribution: North America: Lake Chapala basin, Pacific Slope (Mexico). Habitat: freshwater.
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