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CAS-ICH 70114 Hemigrammus compressus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 5/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 10798,IU 11126 Size      
Collector; Vessel Meek, Seth E.  Field Number Z70114 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Veracruz-Llave State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Obispo.
Latitude-Longitude 18.107943°, -95.909833°; uncertainty: 2767 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPlease correct state to OAXACA, instead of Veracruz.(state line 5 km N).ARROYO OBISPO, at OBISPO, OAXACA-- see Meek's "Freshwater Fishes of Mexico North of the Isthmus..." (1904), page xxx, where he mentions collecting at this locality April 24th, 1903.Confirmed by tracks and a train station at Obispo."Arroyo Obispo" is branch on East side, but West branch in polygon is no-name stream that runs by the town and flows into Obispo River at (18.11857,-95.90923).Meek could have collected there, much closer
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks 2 lots from same locality have been combined
Collecting Event Remarks