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CAS-SU(ICH) 68750 Cualac tessellatus   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Miller, R. R. / 1956 Cyprinodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/0/1 Prep Type - Preservative C&S-GLYCERINE Other/Previous Number SU 50213 Size      
Collector; Vessel Miller, R. R.; Greenbank, J. T.  Field Number RRM 19-III-55 Date Collected 19 Mar 1955 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State San Luis Potosi State County
Water Body Drainage R. Panuco basin? Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality La Media Luna, ca. seven miles SSW of Rio Verde.
Latitude-Longitude 21.862863°, -100.024594°; uncertainty: 568 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksLocality confirmed with RR Miller's notes from 1955 (Field Notes M55-60), 1966 (Field Notes M66-7, page 2) and 1968 (Field Notes M68-18), at UMMZ. Note locality is *not quite* the water body ca. 430 m. SW of Marker, though may be part of same system. Coordinates verified on Mexican INEGI. "Los Anteojitos" is 2.5 km. NE.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. No.581: 9, pl.1; originally UMMZ 171136.
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