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CAS-ICH 78782 Poeciliopsis infans   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Poeciliidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 5/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 10983 Size      
Collector; Vessel Meek, Seth E.; Lutz, F. E.  Field Number SEM 28-V-01 Date Collected 28 May 1901 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Guanajuato State County
Water Body SMALL STREAM Drainage RIO GRANDE DE SANTIAGO Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality tributary to Rio Lerma at Celaya
Latitude-Longitude 20.520341°, -100.774563°; uncertainty: 4731 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe main river at Celaya is the Rio Laja, or "Rio de la Laja", which is an affluent of the Lerma (it joins the Lerma at (20.51997, -101.07012), about 12 km. SE from Salamanca along the railroad. There appear to be three tributaries to the Rio Laja at Celaya; Marker placed at the "middle" tributary (name not found). Top (Northern, "R. Queretaro") and Bottom (Southern, "Arroyo El Varal") tributaries are at the respective ends of the Polygon. River loops around SE side of city, and flows W into R. Lerma.
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