Conservation: The Choy river (about 5 m wide) has a large shaded flow that is born at "Nacimiento de Tamuin" (previously known as Nacimiento de Taninul) spring and runs partly inside pristine terrains owned by the local society of cane growers, whom allow access to the spring some days a week for a fee. the rest of the river before it gets to the town of Tamuin [San Luis Potosi] and merges the Tampaon River runs mostly through private cattle growing lands for about ten kilometers. Apparently due to pollution, some species, like Xiphophorus nigrensis are just found in the upper part of the river.
Panuco: Nacimiento de Taninul
Taninul spring at the headwater of Rio Choy, Tampaon, Pánuco river drainage affluent in San Luis Potosi [México]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (21.988585°N, 98.884204°W). Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (19-Jul-2009).
Ecoregion
Panuco
Panuco
Country
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí
The locality profile for Panuco: Nacimiento de Taninul, within the Panuco ecoregion, introduces this freshwater setting through FFM’s curated geographic and natural-history context. It provides an accessible overview of the locality’s general description, its aquatic environment and its conservation context. The account emphasizes the locality as an aquatic environment and the broader themes that help explain its character, without reducing the profile to a species checklist or disclosing sensitive site details. By bringing the available sections together in one focused narrative, the profile offers a useful starting point for understanding the locality’s place in its drainage and wider landscape, while inviting readers to explore the complete account..
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