MCZ Ichthyology 54072

Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863

Date Collected:

1939-12-27

North America: Mexico: Nuevo León | Rio Potosi, North of Linares on Route 1. Stream about 30 yards wide and flowing over small rocks.

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:54072 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontoidei Poeciliidae
Common Name(s): Orangefin molly; shortfin molly; topote del Atlántico
Determiner: Robert Rush Miller
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Miller_RR/1978]

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  • field number: MCLANE:POTOSI
  • group number: 347

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 46 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Nuevo León
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005589 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Rio Potosi, North of Linares on Route 1. Stream about 30 yards wide and flowing over small rocks.
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Rio Potosi, North of Linares on Route 1. Stream about 30 yards wide and flowing over small rocks.
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Georeference:
  • 24.8828550°, -99.565609° (Error radius: 4023m) By: Melissa J. Casarez on 2013-04-19 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1939-12-27
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 27/12/1939-27/12/1939
  • Time Collected:
  • 0800-
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • [TIME: 0800-]
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • MCLANE:POTOSI
  • Collector:
  • William A. McLane

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  • [Masked]

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