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CAS-SU(ICH) 9381 Algansea tincella   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Leuciscidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Meek, Seth E.  Field Number SEM 19-IV-03 Date Collected 19 Apr 1903 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Federal District County
Water Body CANALS Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Chalco
Latitude-Longitude 19.264519°, -98.976830°; uncertainty: 8366 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksLago de Chalco (Lake Chalco) and surrounding canals used to cover a large area, but lake has since dried up and canals have been converted to avenues. "Xico" (a volcano, a hill, or a park, according to whom you ask), 3.6 km E of marker, used to be *in* the lake. Marker placed in what is left of lake; polygon marks Canal de Chalco (Chalco Canal).
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