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CAS-ICH 13591 Chirostoma jordani   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Atherinopsidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 58/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Needham, Paul R.; Weitzman, Stanley H.; Solorzano, A.  Field Number SW VII:9-1952-2 Date Collected 9 Jul 1952 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Durango State County
Water Body R. Canatlan Drainage R. San Pedro basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Tributary to Rio Mesquital, 22 km. north of Durango.
Latitude-Longitude 24.201108°, -104.688668°; uncertainty: 4772 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksNo such "Rio Canatlan", per se; however, this reservoir "Presa Peņa del Aguila" apparently did not exist at time of collection. Further, "Arroyo La Sauceda" and "Rio La Sauceda", which flow into this reservoir, are same river that passes town of Canatlan
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