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CAS-ICH 12037 Megalodoras irwini   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, C. H. / 1925 Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 16168 Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number CT IX-24 Date Collected IX-24 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Para County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Santarem market.
Latitude-Longitude -2.413969°, -54.739873°; uncertainty: 8470 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThis locality refers to specimens buy at the fish market in Santarem. There is not certainty about where the fish were collected. I plotted the locality at Santarem port with an uncertainty embracing waters of the Amazon and Tapajos rivers.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: TRANS. AM. PHIL. SOC., V.22(5), P.308; OTHER SPECIMEN IN ORIG. DESCRIPTION NOT FOUND.
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