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CAS-ICH 33899 Cyprinodon meeki   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Miller, R. R. / 1 May 1976 Cyprinodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 27/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Needham, P. R.; Solorzano  Field Number SW VII:9:1952-2 Date Collected 9 Jul 1952 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Durango State County
Water Body RIO CANATLAN Drainage RIO SAN PEDRO DRAINAGE Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality tributary to Rio Mesquital, ten miles north of Durango
Latitude-Longitude 24.167952°, -104.706835°; uncertainty: 2000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksNo such Rio Canatlan here. Marker placed in result of "Arroyo Las Cabras"+"Arroyo Las Huertas". This stream joins "Arroyo El Carpintero" at (24.1734436, -104.705183), ca. 2.87 km NNE of here; resulting river then flows into the Presa Peņa del Aguila (Reservoir), out of which flows the "Rio La Sauceda". J Tamayo, in Geografia General de Mexico (1949), Vol.II,p.304-305, says this river and Rio Canatlan join at some point.I believe dam built after collection and altered landscape.Please correct to MEZQUITAL
Acc. Number 1954-VI:23 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks
CAS-ICH 33900 Cyprinodon meeki   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Miller, R. R. / 1976 Cyprinodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Weitzman, Stanley H.; Solorzano, A.  Field Number SW 9-VII-52B Date Collected 9 Jul 1952 : 1800
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Durango State County
Water Body R. DE SANTIAGO Drainage R. MESQUITAL DRAINAGE Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear 10' SEINE
Locality 11 mi. e. of Durango where main highway crosses R. de Santiago.
Latitude-Longitude 24.014850°, -104.490361°; uncertainty: 498 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type GRAVEL, BEDROCK
Georef. RemarksPlease correct spelling: Mesquital is incorrect; MEZQUITAL is correct. Locality confirmed on Mexican INEGI; River here is called "Rio Santiago Bayacora"
Acc. Number 1954-VI:23 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks STATION: SW VII:9:1952-3
CAS-ICH 33901 Cyprinodon meeki   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Miller, R. R. / 1 May 1976 Cyprinodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 169/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Weitzman, S. H.; Lattin, J. D.  Field Number SW VIII:9:1952 Date Collected 3 Aug 1952 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Durango State County
Water Body HOT SPRINGS Drainage RIO SAN PEDRO DRAINAGE Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality 5.5 miles east of east edge of Durango
Latitude-Longitude 24.028238°, -104.542590°; uncertainty: 1600 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksHot springs not found exactly, but they were probably in this vicinity. Assuming city limits in 1952 were close to the bus station at (24.0335, -104.6412). Marker placed at spring/pond seen on Mexican INEGI maps, and uncertainty radius includes larger water body 1 km to the NE, and stream on west. CAS 33901 & USNM 327320.5222816 both collected by S. H. WEITZMAN & J. D. LATTIN on August 3rd, 1952.
Acc. Number 1954-VI:23 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks
CAS-ICH 54370 Cyprinodon meeki   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Miller, R. R. / 1985 Cyprinodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 7/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Needham; Solorzano  Field Number SW 9-VII-52 Date Collected 9 Jul 1952 : 1000-1100
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Durango State County
Water Body R. CANATLAN Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear 10' SEINE
Locality 10 mi. n. of Durango on main road to Chihuahua, camp just s. of bridge above bridge.
Latitude-Longitude 24.167952°, -104.706835°; uncertainty: 2000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type MUD, SAND
Georef. RemarksNo such Rio Canatlan here. Marker placed in what results from "Arroyo Las Cabras"+"Arroyo Las Huertas". This stream joins "Arroyo El Carpintero" at (24.1734436, -104.705183), ca. 2.87 km NNE of here; the resulting river then flows into the Presa Pe a del
Acc. Number 1984-IV:3 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks STATION: SW VII:09:1952-X-1
CAS-ICH 54432 Cyprinodon meeki   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Miller, R. R. / 1954 Cyprinodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 546/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Weitzman, Stanley H.; Lattin, J. D.  Field Number SW 3-VIII-52 Date Collected 3 Aug 1952 : 1530-1900
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Durango State County
Water Body Drainage R. MEZQUITAL DRAINAGE Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear SEINE
Locality hot springs 5.5 mi. from e. edge of Durango.
Latitude-Longitude 24.028238°, -104.542590°; uncertainty: 1600 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type MUCK BOTTOM
Georef. RemarksHot springs not found exactly, but they were probably in this vicinity. Assuming city limits in 1952 were close to the bus station at (24.0335, -104.6412). Marker placed at spring/pond seen on Mexican INEGI maps, and uncertainty radius includes larger water body 1 km to the NE, and stream on west. CAS 33901 & USNM 327320.5222816 both collected by S. H. WEITZMAN & J. D. LATTIN on August 3rd, 1952.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks FRESH, MUDDY (FROM HORSES & CATTLE CROSSING THROUGH POND). STATION: SW VIII:3:1952-1
CAS-SU(ICH) 31923 Cyprinodon meeki   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Humphries, J. / 1984 Cyprinodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Meek, Seth E.  Field Number SEM 1903 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Durango State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Labor; small spring brook with no outlet from the sea.
Latitude-Longitude 24.163333°, -104.595613°; uncertainty: 2180 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksAll of these specimens described by Meek in his 1904 publication of the Field Museum (Freshwater Fishes of Mexico...). On page xxix, he writes "... a small collection received in June from Mr. H. Douglas, conductor on International Railroad." This locality is the only one relatively close to a railroad (6 km./3.85 mi.) (all 3 other localities with similar names had no railroad nearby). Uncertainty radius includes nearby streams.
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