Hemigrammus compressus Meek
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: Central America
label: Collector
content: Seth E. Meek
notes: label: Notes
content: This is reported as a paratype in two type catalogs; Ibarra & Stewart 1987: Vari & Howe 1991. The original publication only states the holotype, but does mention more than one specimen. It does not mention specifically how many specimens.
label: Notes
content: It is unclear why the specimen count was changed to zero, they were on loan to Bill Fink and have now been returned. The invoice refers to them as syntypes.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Sep 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Obispo, Mexico, Sinaloa, Mexico, North America
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Hemigrammus compressus Meek
label: Published Name
content: Hyphessobrycon compressus
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 044821
label: USNM Number
content: 55728
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Meek, S. E. 1904. Field Columbian Museum Publication. Zoological Series. V : 87, 25.
label: Type Status
content: Paratype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Ostariophysi, Characiformes, Characidae, Tetragonopterinae