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CAS 41300 (IU 15027) Charax metae Eigenmann [C. H.], 1922 Holotype  [Collection database record]
metae, Charax Eigenmann [C. H.] 1922:238, Pl. 25 (fig. 1) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 1243] Barrigón, Río Meta, Orinoco System, Colombia. Holotype: CAS 41300 [ex IU 15027]. Paratypes: FMNH 55145 (10); CAS 69117 [ex IU 15027] (30 or 34, now 16); CAS-SU 60707 [ex IU 15028] (8); UMMZ 160226 (1); USNM 83631 [ex IU 15027] (4). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:22 [ref. 12367], Vari & Howe 1991:13 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Charax metae Eigenmann 1922 -- (Lucena 1987:44 [ref. 17724], Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:211 [ref. 33369], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Charax metae Eigenmann 1922. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: Meta River basin, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.
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