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CAS-SU(ICH) 22253 Dormitator maculatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Meek, Seth E. Eleotridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 4/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Meek, Seth E.  Field Number Z122253 Date Collected 7 Mar 1903 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Veracruz-Llave State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality At Boca del Rio.
Latitude-Longitude 19.101125°, -96.105996°; uncertainty: 1039 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksSince collector was Meek, year of collection was 1903, and no further information given, Marker placed at "Zocalo" (founding site of city), which should be the oldest part of town (extent of town in those times likely did not exceed half a mile north of river mouth, and was bound to the West by Rio Moreno). Railroad runs parallel to Gulf of Mexico, 4.6 km due E of marker.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: FIELD COLUMB. MUS., ZOOL. SER. 5: 227. 1904
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