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CAS-ICH 78819          ID by/date  Poeciliidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Leech, Hugh B.  Field Number HBL 16-XII-48 Date Collected 16 Dec 1948 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Veracruz-Llave State County
Water Body Drainage R. Atoyac drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality 13 km wnw. of Potrero.
Latitude-Longitude 18.957163°, -96.908538°; uncertainty: 1448 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksMeasured approx. 13 km. from town of Potrero / "Potrero Viejo" ("Old Potrero"); "Potrero Nuevo" ("New Potrero") is 5 km (3 mi.) NE of here, and that town is also named after Gral Miguel Aleman (president from 1946 to 1952) (specimen collected 1948).
Acc. Number 1957-IX:17 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks