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CAS-SU(ICH) 22175 Tarpon atlanticus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Megalopidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Starks, Edwin C.  Field Number ECS 1911-LP Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Rio Grande do Norte County
Water Body Lake Papary Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear large gill net, large cast nets & canoes
Locality Ca. 24 miles south of Natal; large shallow lake with marshy banks & muddy estuaries choked with water hyacinth.
Latitude-Longitude -6.116627°, -35.167859°; uncertainty: 2969 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Stanford Expedition to Brazil.