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CAS-ICH 33902 Cyprinodon nazas   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Miller, R. R. / 1 May 1976 Cyprinodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 395/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Weitzman, S. H.; Solorzano  Field Number SW VIII:9:'52-2 Date Collected 1 Aug 1952 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Durango State County
Water Body Rio Del Peñon de Covadonza [Covadonga] Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality at La Concha, five miles upstream from Penon Blanco, below falls at hot spring (water 92 deg. F); trib. of Rio Nazas.
Latitude-Longitude 24.732699°, -104.089808°; uncertainty: 389 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksMarker placed on Rio Peņon Blanco at La Concha (no reference to "Covadonza" or COVADONGA (please correct to COVADONGA, in any case, which is correct spelling) on Mexican INEGI. Polygon includes area to the NW marked as "Hot Spring Spa/Resort (balneario)"
Acc. Number 1954-VI:23 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks