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CAS-ICH 33901 Cyprinodon meeki   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Miller, R. R. / 1 May 1976 Cyprinodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 169/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Weitzman, S. H.; Lattin, J. D.  Field Number SW VIII:9:1952 Date Collected 3 Aug 1952 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Durango State County
Water Body HOT SPRINGS Drainage RIO SAN PEDRO DRAINAGE Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality 5.5 miles east of east edge of Durango
Latitude-Longitude 24.028238°, -104.542590°; uncertainty: 1600 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksHot springs not found exactly, but they were probably in this vicinity. Assuming city limits in 1952 were close to the bus station at (24.0335, -104.6412). Marker placed at spring/pond seen on Mexican INEGI maps, and uncertainty radius includes larger water body 1 km to the NE, and stream on west. CAS 33901 & USNM 327320.5222816 both collected by S. H. WEITZMAN & J. D. LATTIN on August 3rd, 1952.
Acc. Number 1954-VI:23 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks