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CAS-SU(ICH) 22183 Metynnis maculatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Starks, Edwin C.  Field Number ECS 1911-LE Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Rio Grande do Norte County
Water Body Lake Extremoz Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear castnet
Locality Ca. 9-10 mi. NW of Natal; separated from ocean by sand hills; much decomposing vegetative matter in suspension.
Latitude-Longitude -5.714305°, -35.307381°; uncertainty: 3200 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks called M. starksi sp. nov. by G. S. Myers; date and whether published is unclear
Collecting Event Remarks 1911 Stanford Exped. to Brazil.