Conservation: During my most recent visit (2023), the habitat looked better than in any other of my previous visits, with clear water, plenty of aquatic plants, unpolluted water, some flow at the end of the dry season, and many aquatic insects. What we didn’t find even after a vigorous collecting effort was a single specimen of Characodon lateralis. It could be that at one year it went so dry that most or all pools disappeared, it could be that the population is now very small. The only fish we collected was a single specimen of Gambusia senilis.
Mezquital: Puente Pino Suarez
A view of Puente Pino Suarez, Mezquital drainage [Durango]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (23.890383°N, 104.49245°W). Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (04-May-2023).
Ecoregion
Mayran - Viesca
Mayran - Viesca
Country
Durango
Durango
The locality profile for Mezquital: Puente Pino Suarez, within the Mayran - Viesca 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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