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CAS-SU(ICH) 6194 Xiphophorus montezumae   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Jordan & Snyder / 1899 Poeciliidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 93/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Snyder, John O.; Jordan, David S.  Field Number JOS 1898 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State San Luis Potosi State County
Water Body R. Verde Drainage R. Panuco Basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rascon; sluggish stream here, with rapids upstream and downstream; water high in lime; banks thickly vegetated.
Latitude-Longitude 21.971841°, -99.253449°; uncertainty: 3342 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type mud and/or gravel
Georef. RemarksNo such "Rio Verde" at Rascon, S.L.P., as described by DA Jordan & JO Snyder. Rascon is bound on N by Arroyo Valladares, on E by Rio Gallinas, and S by Rio Tamasopo. These, along with the Rio Valles, later on flow into Rio Tampaon, which is later joined by Rio Moctezuma to create Rio Panuco, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., v.19: 131, fig.11. 12 of 105 (see inv. 00-5216) gift to MZUSP (cat.# 65305).
Collecting Event Remarks
CAS-SU(ICH) 6145 Xiphophorus montezumae   [Catalog of Fishes] HOLOTYPE  [image] ID by/date  Jordan & Snyder / 1899 Poeciliidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Snyder, John O.; Jordan, David S.  Field Number JOS 1898 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State San Luis Potosi State County
Water Body R. Verde Drainage R. Panuco Basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rascon; sluggish stream here, with rapids upstream and downstream; water high in lime; banks thickly vegetated.
Latitude-Longitude 21.971841°, -99.253449°; uncertainty: 3342 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type mud and/or gravel
Georef. RemarksNo such "Rio Verde" at Rascon, S.L.P., as described by DA Jordan & JO Snyder. Rascon is bound on N by Arroyo Valladares, on E by Rio Gallinas, and S by Rio Tamasopo. These, along with the Rio Valles, later on flow into Rio Tampaon, which is later joined by Rio Moctezuma to create Rio Panuco, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Male; Publ.: Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., v.19 [1899]: 131, fig.11.
Collecting Event Remarks
CAS-SU(ICH) 6146 Xiphophorus montezumae   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Jordan & Snyder / 24 Jan 1899 Poeciliidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 31/0/4 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; C&S-GLYCERINE Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Snyder, John O.; Jordan, David S.  Field Number JOS 1898 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State San Luis Potosi State County
Water Body R. Verde Drainage R. Panuco Basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rascon; sluggish stream here, with rapids upstream and downstream; water high in lime; banks thickly vegetated.
Latitude-Longitude 21.971841°, -99.253449°; uncertainty: 3342 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type mud and/or gravel
Georef. RemarksNo such "Rio Verde" at Rascon, S.L.P., as described by DA Jordan & JO Snyder. Rascon is bound on N by Arroyo Valladares, on E by Rio Gallinas, and S by Rio Tamasopo. These, along with the Rio Valles, later on flow into Rio Tampaon, which is later joined by Rio Moctezuma to create Rio Panuco, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks IN TWO JARS;
Collecting Event Remarks
CAS-SU(ICH) 23876 Xiphophorus montezumae   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Poeciliidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Meek, Seth E.  Field Number SEM 6-V-03 Date Collected 7 May 1903 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State San Luis Potosi State County
Water Body Rio Valles tributary Drainage Rio Panuco Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rascon
Latitude-Longitude 21.971841°, -99.253449°; uncertainty: 3342 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksNo such "Rio Verde" at Rascon, S.L.P., as described by DA Jordan & JO Snyder. Rascon is bound on N by Arroyo Valladares, on E by Rio Gallinas, and S by Rio Tamasopo. These, along with the Rio Valles, later on flow into Rio Tampaon, which is later joined by Rio Moctezuma to create Rio Panuco, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks
CAS-SU(ICH) 47638 Xiphophorus montezumae   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Hubbs, C. L. / 28 Nov 1952 Poeciliidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Brittan, Martin R.  Field Number MRB 14-VIII-52B Date Collected 14 Aug 1952 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State San Luis Potosi State County
Water Body R. Tonquilin Drainage R. Axtla Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality About 5 miles north of Tamazunchale.
Latitude-Longitude 21.334532°, -98.866534°; uncertainty: 3290 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPlease correct name of river, from "Tonquilin" to TANCUILIN (no such river Tonquilin, although that is what Marty Brittan calls it in his original letter to RR Miller at UMMZ, dated "Labor Day 1952"). Placed marker at point closest to Tamazunchale, which
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Locality #13.
CAS-SU(ICH) 47643 Xiphophorus montezumae   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Hubbs, C. L. / 29 Nov 1952 Poeciliidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 4/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Brittan, Martin R.  Field Number MRB 14-VIII-52C Date Collected 14 Aug 1952 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State San Luis Potosi State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality 8 miles north of Tamazunchale, 'ditch' near Matlapa.
Latitude-Longitude 21.343326°, -98.832545°; uncertainty: 2009 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksMatlapa is 6.6 miles (10.6 km) NWN of Tamazunchale. Marker placed along northern outskirts of the town; uncertainty radius about 2 km. No further information given.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Locality #14.
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