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CAS-ICH 22772 Poeciliopsis balsas   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Poeciliidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 10984 Size      
Collector; Vessel Meek, Seth E.; Lutz, F. E.  Field Number SEM 24-IV-01 Date Collected 24 Apr 1901 - 26 Apr 1901 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Morelos State County
Water Body RIO IXTLA Drainage RIO BALSAS BASIN Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Puente de Ixtla
Latitude-Longitude 18.616686°, -99.325363°; uncertainty: 295 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCollected at turn of 19th to 20th Century."Rio Ixtla" non-existent;possibly an error. Likely correct name: "Rio Chalma" (the 4 rivers of Puente de Ixtla are: Chalma, Tembembe, Amacuzac, and Apatlaco). Location chosen according to description in "Notes on
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